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[Vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus infection].
Di 1 jun yi da xue xue bao = Academic journal of the first medical college of PLA - 1 Dec 2003
Li Min-min, Liu Shu-wen, Wang Shan-shan, Wang Xiao-ning
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mechanism for vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. METHODS: This study included 6 pairs of mothers and fetuses who were positive for anti-HCV antibody and HCV RNA, and 2 pairs of fathers and fetus in whom the father was positive for anti-HCV and HCV RNA while the mother was negative. HCV genotypes were detected by PCR and the nucleotide sequences of HCV genome...
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