Hepatitis C virus among childbearing women in Scotland: prevalence, deprivation, and diagnosis

Objectives: (A) To examine the prevalence and demographic characteristics of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among childbearing women in Scotland; and (B) to determine the extent of maternal HCV infection diagnosed prior to birth. Methods: (A) Residual dried blood spot samples from routine neonata...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Gut 2004-04, Vol.53 (4), p.593-598
Hauptverfasser:	Hutchinson, S J, Goldberg, D J, King, M, Cameron, S O, Shaw, L E, Brown, A, MacKenzie, J, Wilson, K, MacDonald, L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Distribution antenatal screening Biological and medical sciences Births Care and treatment deprivation Drug use ELISA enzyme linked immunosorbent assay Female Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen HBV HCV Health aspects Hepatitis hepatitis B virus hepatitis C Hepatitis C virus Hepatitis C, Chronic - diagnosis Hepatitis C, Chronic - epidemiology Hepatitis C, Chronic - transmission HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Human viral diseases Humans IDU Infant, Newborn Infections Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Infectious diseases injecting drug user Intervention Laboratories Liver Mass Screening - methods Medical Record Linkage Medical sciences Neonatal Screening - methods Population Poverty - statistics & numerical data Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology Pregnant women Prenatal care Prenatal Diagnosis Prevalence recombinant immunoblot assay RIBA Risk factors SCIEH Scotland - epidemiology Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health Scottish Morbidity Record SMR Studies Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications Viral diseases Viral hepatitis Womens health
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