title: [Sexual transmission of Hepatitis C virus].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bosia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivero Altamiranda
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cocozzella
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Diaz Velez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barrio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borzi
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Malca
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Munne
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tonelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fraquelli
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Curciarello
mesh_terms: 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