Table 3: Studies of HCV infection rates in infants of mothers with HIV and HCV coinfection (anti-HCV seropositive) | |||
Study | Country | No. of infants studied | No. (and %) with HCV infection |
Zanetti et al19 | Italy | 22 | 8 (36) |
Ercilla et al20 | Spain | 105 | 19 (18) |
Novati et al22 | Italy | 8 | 1 (13) |
Lam et al23 | United Kingdom | 58 | 3 (5) |
Total | 193* | 31 (16) | |
*Of the infants of the 23 mothers who were HCV RNA (rather than anti-HCV) seropositive and HIV seropositive (23), 9 (39%) had an HCV infection. |