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Acute hepatitis A in a pregnant woman at delivery.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2009
Motte Anne, Blanc Julie, Minodier Philippe, Colson Philippe
Abstract excerpt
We report a case of acute hepatitis A in a 30-year-old pregnant woman with hepatitis onset occurring at time of delivery. Both neonate and her mother were isolated from other patients. The hepatitis A virus (HAV) genotype was Ia. Total anti-HAV antibodies and HAV RNA were not detected from the newborn in a serum collected the first day of life; neither clinical symptoms nor increased ALT levels were observed...
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