Article
Analysis of mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus: quasispecies nature and buoyant densities of maternal virus populations.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 1997
Kudo T, Yanase Y, Ohshiro M, Yamamoto M, Morita M, Shibata M, Morishima T
Abstract excerpt
Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) was analyzed by sequencing of viral RNA and semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction following ultracentrifugation of maternal sera. In two mother-infant pairs, the hypervariable region 1 (HVR1) and carboxyl terminus of envelope 1 (E1) we...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cesarean Section
- Cloning, Molecular
- Delivery, Obstetric
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Variation
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious