title: [Prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a population of Mexican children].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México, D.F. Mexico.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cervantes Bustamante
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramirez Mayans
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jiron Castro
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Navarrete Delgadillo
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Oyervides Garcia
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mata Rivera
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zárate Mondragón
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sosa Martinez
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies