| Title: |
Research Article Infection with Hepatitis C Virus among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women in Thailand |
| Authors: |
Denise J. Jamieson; Natapakwa Skunodom; Thanyanan Chaowanachan; Anuvat Roongpisuthipong; William A. Bower; Tawee Chotpitayasunondh; Wendy Bhanich Supapol; Wendi L. Kuhnert; Wimol Siriwasin; Jeffrey Wiener; Sanay Chearskul; Michelle S. Mcconnell; Nathan Shaffer |
| Contributors: |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: |
ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/5d/65/Infect_Dis_Obstet_Gynecol_2008_Jan_27_2008_840948.tar.gz |
| Collection: |
CiteSeerX |
| Description: |
Objective. 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. Methods. Samples from 1771 pregnant women enrolled in three vertical transmission of HIV studies in Bangkok, Thailand, were tested for HCV. Results. 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%). Conclusions. HCV seroprevalence and perinatal transmission rates were low among this Thai cohort of HIV-infected pregnant women. |
| Document Type: |
text |
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application/zip |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.358.9465 |
| Availability: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.358.9465 |
| Rights: |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C391F690 |
| Database: |
BASE |