[Prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a population of Mexican children].
We studied 450 healthy children between 3 months old and 17 years old who were seen at the Instituto Nacional de Pediatría during a period of one year (September 1992 June 1993). The EUSA test was positive in 4/450, 0.9%. The RIBA test was positive in these four children.
Cervantes Bustamante
R
R
Servicio de Gastroenterología y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México, D.F. Mexico.
Ramirez Mayans
J A
JA
Jiron Castro
R
R
Navarrete Delgadillo
N M
NM
Oyervides Garcia
C I
CI
Mata Rivera
N
N
Zárate Mondragón
F
F
Sosa Martinez
M C
MC
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies