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Transmission of hepatitis C virus infection from asymptomatic mother to child in southern India.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Nov 2009
Parthiban Rudrapathy, Shanmugam Saravanan, Velu Vijayakumar, Nandakumar Subhadra, Dhevahi Elumalai, Thangaraj Kumarasamy, Nayak H K, Gupte Mohan Digambar, Thyagarajan Sadras Panchatcharam
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Little information is available on the mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in India, and no interventions to decrease transmission rates have been identified. Hence, we performed a long-term prospective study in infants born to HCV-positive mothers, with the aim of evaluating vertical transmission of HCV and correlated risks factors. METHODS: Three thousand one hundred and fifteen...
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