Frequency of Children Diagnosed with Perinatal Hepatitis C, United States, 2018–2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Newton, Suzanne M. ; Woodworth, Kate R. ; Chang, Daniel ; Sizemore, Lindsey ; Wingate, Heather ; Pinckney, Leah ; Osinski, Anthony ; Orkis, Lauren ; Reynolds, Bethany D. ; Carpentieri, Cynthia ; Halai, Umme-Aiman ; Lyu, Caleb ; Longcore, Nicole ; Thomas, Nadia ; Wills, Aprielle ; Akosa, Amanda ; Olsen, Emily O’Malley ; Panagiotakopoulos, Lakshmi ; Thompson, Nicola D. ; Gilboa, Suzanne M. ; Tong, Van T.
• Description:
  We describe hepatitis C testing of 47 (2%) of 2,266 children diagnosed with perinatal hepatitis C who were exposed during 2018-2020 in 7 jurisdictions in the United States. Expected frequency of perinatal transmission is 5.8%, indicating only one third of the cases in this cohort were reported to public health authorities.
• Subjects:
  Child Female Hepatitis C Humans Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
• Keywords:
  Children Perinatal Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(1):202-204
• Pubmed ID:
  38063079
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10756376
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e204973b29daf0ffd9c7b0a132ef7fbf252efa65771d3998c2680cd66f5b805a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/140564/cdc_140564_DS1.pdf
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