A significant sex - but not elective cesarean section - Effect on mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus infection
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Tovo, PA, Pembrey, L, Newell, ML, Amoroso, A, Asensi-Botet, F, Pereda, A, Balossini, V, Bona, G, Zaffaroni, M, Bandelloni, A, Coscia, A, Fabris, C, Aime, S, Belloni, C, Bossi, G, Salati, B, Boucher, C, Buffolano, W, Butler, K, Roura, LC, Sanges, JMB, Cigna, P, Ciria, LM, Ginard, CS, Teruel, GC, Fortuny-Guasch C, Coll, O, Corrias, A, Ledda, R, Floris, S, De Maria, A, Echeverria, J, Cilla, G, Faldella, G, Lanari, M, Tridapalli, E, Venturi, V, Fischler, B, Bohlin, AB, Lindgren, S, Lindh, G, Giacomet, V, Merlo, M, Figini, C, Erba, P, Vigano, A, Hannam, S, Mieli-Vergani, G, Hatzakis, A, Inchley, C, Fjaerli, HO, Maccabruni, A, Marcellini, M, Sartorelli, MR, Fontelos, PM, Mazza, A, Mok, JYQ, Mur, A, Vinolas, M, Paternoster, DM, Grella, P, Polywka, S, Quinti, I, Casadei, AM, Rojahn, A, Berg, A, Rosso, R, Ferrando, S, Bassetti, D, Contreras, JR, Manzanares, A, Extremera, AR, Salvini, F, Zuccotti, GV, Schmitz, T, Grosch-Worner, I, Sperling, CF, Piening, T, Vegnente, A, Iorio, R, Versace, A, Garetto, S, Lazier, L, Bressio, S, Riva, C, Alfarano, A, Wejstal, R, Norkrans, G, Zanetti, A, Tanzi, E and European Paediat Hepatitis C Virus
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1 dic 2005
Resumen:
Background. Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) are poorly quantified.
Methods. We conducted a European multicenter prospective study of HCV-infected pregnant women and their infants. Children with >= 2 positive HCV RNA polymerase chain reaction test results and/or anti-HCV antibodies after 18 months of age were considered to be infected.
Results. The overall HCV vertical transmission rate was 6.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.0%-7.5%; 91/1479). Girls were twice as likely to be infected as boys (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 2.07 [95% CI, 1.23-3.48];). There was no protective effect of elective cesarean section (CS) delivery on HCV vertical transmission Pp. 006 (adjusted OR, 1.46 [95% CI, 0.86-2.48];). HCV/human immunodeficiency virus-coinfected women more Pp. 16 frequently transmitted HCV than did women with HCV infection only, although the difference was not statistically significant (adjusted OR, 1.82 [95% CI, 0.94-3.52];). Maternal history of injection drug use, prematurity, Pp. 08 and breast-feeding were not significantly associated with transmission. Transmission occurred more frequently from viremic women, but it also occurred from a few nonviremic women.
Conclusions. Our results strongly suggest that women should neither be offered an elective CS nor be discouraged from breast-feeding on the basis of HCV infection alone. The sex association is an intriguing finding that probably reflects biological differences in susceptibility or response to infection.
Filiaciones:
Univ Turin, Dipartimento Sci Pediat & Adolescenza, I-10126 Turin, Italy
Inst Child Hlth, Ctr Paediat Epidemiol & Biostat, London, England
UCL, Great Ormond St Hosp Children NHS Trust, London, England
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