title: Clinical and serological courses of a newborn with post-transfusion hepatitis C.
abstract: The clinical and serological course of a haemophilic baby who was transfused with 160 ml of blood containing the hepatitis C virus (HCV) (0.70 Meq. ml-1) on the sixth-post-natal day is described. He is the infant of an HCV-negative mother. One month after the transfusion, there was a marked increase in HCV RNA and a small amount of HCV antibody was detected. This case provides evidence that a newborn is capable of producing HCV antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maniwa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wada
mesh_terms: D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000737:chemistry; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies