Open AccessHepatitis C in Pregnancy: A Unique Opportunity to Improve the Hepatitis C Cascade of Care
Author(s) -
Kushner Tatyana,
Terrault Norah A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hepatology communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2471-254X
DOI - 10.1002/hep4.1282
Subject(s) - cascade , hepatitis c , pregnancy , hepatitis , medicine , virology , obstetrics , biology , chemistry , chromatography , genetics
Hepatitis C has increasingly affected women of child‐bearing age over the past few years as a result of the opioid epidemic. In this review, we discuss the effect of hepatitis C on pregnancy outcomes, effect of pregnancy on hepatitis C, as well as implications on management of hepatitis C during pregnancy.