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Mother‐to‐Infant Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in Human Immunodeficiency Virus‐Coinfected Mother: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Koseki Satoshi,
Taga Michiyoshi,
Aoyama Mika,
Hirabuki Tomoo,
Hirahara Fumiki,
Takahasi Tsuneo,
Minaguchi Hiroshi,
Yokota Shumpei,
Ito Akira
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb00956.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coinfection , transmission (telecommunications) , virology , hepatitis c virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immune dysfunction , immune system , virus , immunology , electrical engineering , engineering
We report a case of vertical transmission of HCV in a mother infected with both HCV and HIV. Our case suggests that coinfection with HIV, by causing an immune dysfunction, might be one of the risk factors for the transmission of HCV.