Prospective study of prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C in pregnant Egyptian women and its transmission to their infants.

Khaled Abdulqawi,Ahmed Youssef,Mohamed Metwally,Ibrahim Ragih,Mohamed M. Abdulhamid,AbdulAziz Shaheen

Prospective study of prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C in pregnant Egyptian women and its transmission to their infants.

2010

Khaled Abdulqawi
Ahmed Youssef
Mohamed Metwally
Ibrahim Ragih
Mohamed M. Abdulhamid
AbdulAziz Shaheen

Aim To estimate the hepatitis C virus (HCV) vertical transmission rate, the effect of potential risk factors, and the pattern of HCV antibody response and viremia in HCV-infected infants in Benha, Egypt.

Keywords:

Hepatitis C virus
Pediatrics
Genetics
Prospective cohort study
Hepatitis C
Hepacivirus
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Immunology
Viremia
Medicine
Transmission (mechanics)

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