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Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus: Variable Transmission Bottleneck and Evidence of Midgestation In Utero Infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2017
Fauteux-Daniel Sébastien, Larouche Ariane, Calderon Virginie, Boulais Jonathan, Béland Chanel, Ransy Doris G, Boucher Marc, Lamarre Valérie, Lapointe Normand, Boucoiran Isabelle, Le Campion Armelle, Soudeyns Hugo
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy and childbirth. However, the timing and precise biological mechanisms that are involved in this process are incompletely understood, as are the determinants that influence transmission of particular HCV variants. Here we report results of a longitudinal assessment of HCV quasispecies diversity and composition in 5 cases of vertical...
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