Maternal-infant transmission of hepatitis G virus.
By a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay, we studied the risk of hepatitis G virus vertical infection in seven infants born to women positive for hepatitis G virus ribonucleic acid and hepatitis C virus antibody. Of these, three (42.9%) tested positive for hepatitis G virus ribonucleic acid and two (28.6%) had a carrier state. Intrauterine or birth canal infection seemed much more significant than the infection by breast-feeding.
Inaba
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Okajima
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Kang
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Ishikawa
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Fukasawa
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D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000235:genetics; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000821:virology
D012367:RNA, Viral