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"Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus: An Epidemiological Study on 2,980 Pregnant Women in Italy."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 25th, 1996
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in European Journal of Epidemiology, "The risk of mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) varies according to the population studied and the tests used. Aim of the current study was to investigate HCV vertical transmission rate in children born to 30 HCV positive/HIV negative pregnant women in Italy. We investigated the potential vertical transmission of HCV by identifying HCV antibody seropositive pregnant women, by analyzing HCV-RNA in the peripheral blood using PCR and by prospectively following their offspring until 24 months of age. During the third trimester, 2,980 consecutive pregnant women were examined...
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