Absence of infection in breast-fed infants born to hepatitis C virus-infected mothers

Ho Hsiung Lin; Jia Horng Kao; Hong Yuan Hsu; Yen Hsuan Ni; Mei Hwei Chang; Su Cheng Huang; Lih Hwa Hwang; Pei Jer Chen; Ding Shinn Chen

doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(95)70356-X

Absence of infection in breast-fed infants born to hepatitis C virus-infected mothers

Ho Hsiung Lin, Jia Horng Kao, Hong Yuan Hsu, Yen Hsuan Ni, Mei Hwei Chang, Su Cheng Huang, Lih Hwa Hwang, Pei Jer Chen, Ding Shinn Chen

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The role of breast-feeding in perinatal transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) was explored in 15 HCV-infected mothers and their infants. The 15 carrier mothers had anti-HCV titers ranging from 1:80 to 1:40,000 and also had HCV-ribonucleic acid with concentrations ranging from 10⁴ to 2.5 × 10⁸ copies/ml. Both anti-HCV antibody and HCV-ribonucleic acid were present in colostral samples in much lower levels, but none of the 11 breast-fed infants had evidence of HCV infection for up to 1 year of age. Thus breast-feeding seems safe for these infants. (J PEDIATR 1995;126:589-91).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	589-591
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	126
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3476(95)70356-X
State	Published - Apr 1995

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Absence of infection in breast-fed infants born to hepatitis C virus-infected mothers

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