Viral hepatitis C during pregnancy: prevalence, impact on perinatal outcomes, patient management tactics (literature review)

Abstract

The article presents modern ideas about the impact of viral hepatitis C on the course of pregnancy, the severity of maternal disease associated with it: methods of delivery and possible vertical transmission. Epidemiological data on the prevalence in the world and the Russian Federation, risk factors for perinatal HCV transmission, and the course of pregnancy in women infected with HCV are shown. The search for the necessary literary sources was carried out in the databases Scopus, PubMed, MedLine, The Cochrane Library, RSCI.