Obstetrics (HIV/HGV Coinfection)
"Hepatitis G Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Mothers and Their Children."
Published in AIDS Weekly, October 5th, 1998
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Infectious Diseases, "Hepatitis G virus (HGV) RNA and anti-E2 glycoprotein antibody (E2Ab) seroprevalence was studied in 58 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected mothers (34 injecting drug users [IDUs] and 24 with risky sexual behavior [RSB]) and their children (median age, 5 days; range, 1-27). Twelve women (20.6%) were RNA- and 20 (34.4%) E2Ab-positive. Seroprevalence was similar in the IDU and RSB groups and high in RSB partners of IDU men. Five (41.6%) children of RNA-positive mothers were HGV-infected - at a median age of 5 days (range, 1-27) - independent of maternal CD4 T lymphocyte numbers,...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (1998-10-05)
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