Frequency of Children Diagnosed with Perinatal Hepatitis C, United States, 2018-2020

We describe hepatitis C testing of 47 (2%) of 2,266 children diagnosed with perinatal hepatitis C who were exposed during 2018-2020 in 7 jurisdictions in the United States. Expected frequency of perinatal transmission is 5.8%, indicating only one third of the cases in this cohort were reported to pu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2024-01, Vol.30 (1), p.202-204
Hauptverfasser:	Newton, Suzanne M, Woodworth, Kate R, Chang, Daniel, Sizemore, Lindsey, Wingate, Heather, Pinckney, Leah, Osinski, Anthony, Orkis, Lauren, Reynolds, Bethany D, Carpentieri, Cynthia, Halai, Umme-Aiman, Lyu, Caleb, Longcore, Nicole, Thomas, Nadia, Wills, Aprielle, Akosa, Amanda, Olsen, Emily O'Malley, Panagiotakopoulos, Lakshmi, Thompson, Nicola D, Gilboa, Suzanne M, Tong, Van T
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Analysis Antibodies Births Child Children Diagnosis Disease control Disease prevention Disease transmission Diseases Distribution Female Frequency of Children Diagnosed with Perinatal Hepatitis C, United States, 2018–2020 Health surveillance Hepatitis Hepatitis C Hepatitis C - diagnosis Hepatitis C - epidemiology Hepatitis C virus Humans Infants Infection Infections Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Medical laboratories perinatal Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology Prevention Public health Research Letter RNA United States United States - epidemiology Viral antibodies viruses Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe hepatitis C testing of 47 (2%) of 2,266 children diagnosed with perinatal hepatitis C who were exposed during 2018-2020 in 7 jurisdictions in the United States. Expected frequency of perinatal transmission is 5.8%, indicating only one third of the cases in this cohort were reported to public health authorities.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid3001.230315