Prevalence and clinical course of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and rate of HCV vertical transmission in a cohort of 15,250 pregnant women

Dario Conte, Mirella Fraquelli, Daniele Prati, Alice Colucci, Eliseo Minola – 30 December 2003 – The prevalence and natural course of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was evaluated in 15,250 consecutive pregnant women. The rate of HCV vertical and perinatal transmission was also assessed. The presence of anti‐HCV was tested by means of EIA III and confirmed by recombinant immunoblot assay III.

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