Acute hepatitis C viral infection during pregnancy: Failure of mother to infant transmission

A pregnant woman developed an acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) type 3a infection during the second trimester of pregnancy. The clinical virological features are presented, including HCV RNA quantification of maternal serum samples collected during pregnancy. These findings are discussed in light of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical virology 1997-06, Vol.52 (2), p.161-163
Hauptverfasser:	Zuckerman, M. A., Aitken, C., Whitby, K., Deaville, R., Sanders, E., Glynn, M. J., Swain, C. P., Garson, J. A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease acute HCV infection Adult Biological and medical sciences Female HCV RNA quantification Hepatitis C - transmission Hepatitis C virus Human viral diseases Humans Infant Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Infectious diseases Medical sciences Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology RNA, Viral - blood transmission failure type 3a Viral diseases Viral hepatitis
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Zusammenfassung:	A pregnant woman developed an acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) type 3a infection during the second trimester of pregnancy. The clinical virological features are presented, including HCV RNA quantification of maternal serum samples collected during pregnancy. These findings are discussed in light of the child's remaining uninfected after 5 years of follow‐up. J. Med. Virol. 52:161–163, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:	0146-6615 1096-9071
DOI:	10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199706)52:2<161::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-1