HCV infection in a child without obvious risk factors for blood-borne infections.
The mother of an HCV-infected child had been subjected to neonatal exchange transfusion. It is likely that she contracted a chronic HCV infection which was later transmitted to her daughter. A similar route of infection is suggested in other HCV-infected patients lacking obvious risk factors.
Fischler
Björn
B
Department of Pediatrics, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. bjorn.fischler@pediat.hs.sll.se
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D012307:Risk Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction