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Detection of Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus in Dried Blood Spot Samples from Mothers and Their Offspring in Lahore, Pakistan

Published:1999-06 Issue:6 Volume:37 Page:2061-2063
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Parker S. P.¹,Khan H. I.²,Cubitt W. D.¹

Affiliation:

1. Virology Department, Camelia Botnar Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom,1 and

2. Department of Paediatrics, King Edward Medical College & Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan2

Abstract

ABSTRACT Dried blood spot samples from mothers and their offspring attending the obstetric and pediatric departments of two hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan, were tested for antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV). The seroprevalence of HCV in the women was 6.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 4.3 to 9.1), and that in the children was 1.3% (95% CI, 0.34 to 2.26). Four anti-HCV immunoglobulin G (IgG)-positive children had mothers that were anti-HCV IgG negative, which suggested that their infection was community acquired.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.37.6.2061-2063.1999

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