Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus


Table 1: Studies of hepatitis C virus infection rates in prospectively followed infants of mothers who are HCV RNA seropositive and HIV seronegative
StudyCountryNo. of infants studiedNo. (and %) with HCV infection
ChangTaiwan203 (15)
Roudot-Thoraval13France80 (0)
Marcellin et al14France100 (0)
Westal et al15Sweden211 (5)
Reinus et al16United States160 (0)
Ohto et al17Japan313 (10)
Nagata et al18Japan201 (5)
Zanetti et al19Italy460 (0)
Total1728 (4.7)

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