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Mother-to-child transmission of a hepatitis C virus variant with an insertional mutation in its hypervariable region.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Nov 1996
Aizaki H, Saito A, Kusakawa I, Ashiwara Y, Nagamori S, Toda G, Suzuki T, Ishii K, Matsuura Y, Miyamura T
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: We have analyzed the molecular basis of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus. METHODS/RESULTS: Healthy pregnant women were screened for anti-HCV antibody and babies born to hepatitis C virus carrier mothers were prospectively investigated. Among the 35 pairs studied,...
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