Frequency of Children Diagnosed with Perinatal Hepatitis C, United States, 2018–2020

Authors :: Suzanne M. Newton
Kate R. Woodworth
Daniel Chang
Lindsey Sizemore
Heather Wingate
Leah Pinckney
Anthony Osinski
Lauren Orkis
Bethany D. Reynolds
Cynthia Carpentieri
Umme-Aiman Halai
Caleb Lyu
Nicole Longcore
Nadia Thomas
Aprielle Wills
Amanda Akosa
Emily O’Malley Olsen
Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos
Nicola D. Thompson
Suzanne M. Gilboa
Van T. Tong
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 202-204 (2024)
Publication Year :: 2024
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024.
Abstract: We describe hepatitis C testing of 47 (2%) of 2,266 children diagnosed with perinatal hepatitis C who were exposed during 2018–2020 in 7 jurisdictions in the United States. Expected frequency of perinatal transmission is 5.8%, indicating only one third of the cases in this cohort were reported to public health authorities.

Subjects :: Hepatitis C
children
perinatal
viruses
United States
Medicine
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216

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