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Alternative Title:
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol
Personal Author:
Jamieson, Denise J. ; Skunodom, Natapakwa ; Chaowanachan, Thanyanan ; Roongpisuthipong, Anuvat ; Bower, William A. ; ... More +
Jamieson, Denise J. ; Skunodom, Natapakwa ; Chaowanachan, Thanyanan ; Roongpisuthipong, Anuvat ; Bower, William A. ; Chotpitayasunondh, Tawee ; Bhanich Supapol, Wendy ; Kuhnert, Wendi L. ; Siriwasin, Wimol ; Wiener, Jeffrey ; Chearskul, Sanay ; McConnell, Michelle S. ; Shaffer, Nathan Less -
Description:
The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of coinfection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV among a cohort of pregnant Thai women.|Samples from 1771 pregnant women enrolled in three vertical transmission of HIV studies in Bangkok, Thailand, were tested for HCV.|Among HIV-infected pregnant women, HCV seroprevelance was 3.8% and the active HCV infection rate was 3.0%. Among HIV-uninfected pregnant women, 0.3% were HCV-infected. Intravenous drug use by the woman was the factor most strongly associated with HCV seropositivity. Among 48 infants tested for HCV who were born to HIV/HCV coinfected women, two infants were HCV infected for an HCV transmission rate of 4.2% (95% 0.51-14.25%).|HCV seroprevalence and perinatal transmission rates were low among this Thai cohort of HIV-infected pregnant women.
Subjects:
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Adult Comorbidity Female Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Antibodies HIV Infections Humans Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Seroepidemiologic Studies Young Adult
Source:
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2008; 2008.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Thailand
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:202860258d3597629110ef309a46822893bbced34a56ce235718fa4b058e8534
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/4000/cdc_4000_DS1.pdf
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