[Sexual transmission of Hepatitis C virus].
Fifty heterosexual partners out of 50 patients (index cases) without confirmed or probable risk factors of parenteral transmission by HCV were studied from 1/1997 to 1/2001. The index cases were HCV Ab (+) (EIA 3rd Abbott and PCR + by RT-nested PCR). The couples with probable or confirmed risk factors of parenteral transmission were strictly excluded. No case of HCV infection was found, suggesting that sexual via wouldn't be a direct transmission of HCV.
Bosia
J D
JD
Rivero Altamiranda
A
A
Cocozzella
D R
DR
Diaz Velez
L
L
Barrio
M
M
Borzi
S
S
Malca
M I
MI
Gonzalez
J E
JE
Munne
M J
MJ
Tonelli
E
E
Fraquelli
E
E
Curciarello
J O
JO
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015229:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D018454:Spouses