Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus.
Prospective studies of an infant of a mother infected with hepatitis C virus indicated that an HCV infection developed in the infant in early life. Perinatal transmission appeared to be the most likely explanation.
Nagata
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
Shiraki
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K
Tanimoto
K
K
Harada
Y
Y
Tanaka
Y
Y
Okada
T
T
D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000276:immunology; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies