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Maternal Transmission
Profile for antigen processing may be linked to HCV protection in infants
July 4th, 2002
by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Genotypic profiling of infants born of women infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) shows that infants may be less prone for acquiring infection through vertical transmission when they have a specific class of human leukocyte antigen (HLA). That class, HLA-DR13, may confer protection by increasing seroreversion in the infants of HCV-infected mothers, according to Isabella Bosi and colleagues, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. In a study of vertical transmission, Bosi's team performed HLA typing on 35 infants, approximately half who had seroconverted, and on 20 mothers. "Logistic...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-07-04)
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