Clinical course of pregnant women with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and risk of mother-to-child hepatitis C virus transmission
| Autor: | A. Colucci, Dario Conte, Mirella Fraquelli, Daniele Prati, Eliseo Minola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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viruses
Hepatitis C virus medicine.disease_cause Virus Chronic hepatitis Pregnancy Risk Factors Prevalence medicine Humans Pregnancy Complications Infectious Hepatology business.industry Transmission (medicine) Infant Newborn Gastroenterology Clinical course Hepatitis C Chronic Delivery Obstetric medicine.disease Hepatitis C Virology Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Breast Feeding Immunology Coinfection Female business Viral load |
| Zdroj: | Digestive and Liver Disease. 33:366-371 |
| ISSN: | 1590-8658 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1590-8658(01)80094-3 |
| Popis: | As far as concerns chronic hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, different points remain to be elucidated, such as the clinical course, the rate of mother-to-child hepatitis C virus transmission and, in particular, its route and the possible risk factors. This review aimed to analyse current data on the prevalence of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women and its relationship with risk factors, the rate of mother-to-child hepatitis C virus transmission and the factors possibly involved, particularly the maternal hepatitis C virus viral load and the human immunodeficiency virus coinfection, and the type of delivery and feeding. Finally, the appropriate timing for HCV-RNA testing in newborns has been reviewed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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