Table 1: Studies of hepatitis C virus infection rates in prospectively followed infants of mothers who are HCV RNA seropositive and HIV seronegative | |||
Study | Country | No. of infants studied | No. (and %) with HCV infection |
Chang | Taiwan | 20 | 3 (15) |
Roudot-Thoraval13 | France | 8 | 0 (0) |
Marcellin et al14 | France | 10 | 0 (0) |
Westal et al15 | Sweden | 21 | 1 (5) |
Reinus et al16 | United States | 16 | 0 (0) |
Ohto et al17 | Japan | 31 | 3 (10) |
Nagata et al18 | Japan | 20 | 1 (5) |
Zanetti et al19 | Italy | 46 | 0 (0) |
Total | 172 | 8 (4.7) |