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Hepatitis C Testing Among Perinatally Exposed Infants.
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- Treatment of hepatitis C in children and adolescents: our experience to date, current status, and prospects.Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2026Review
- Hepatitis C Virus Testing in Perinatally Exposed Children.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Early Postnatal Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing in the Identification of Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026Article
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- Hepatitis C infection screening and connection to care among postpartum patients and exposed infants in two community hospitals, 3-year follow-up - Oregon, 2019-2024.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
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- Inequities in Hepatitis Virus Testing for Perinatally Exposed Infants in Tennessee: 2018 to 2023.Pediatrics · 2024Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Testing of Hepatitis C Virus-Exposed Children Across the United States.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2024Article
- Hepatitis C in Children-An Asia-Pacific Concise Perspective.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Pediatric Hepatitis C Screening by Maternal Hepatitis C Infection Status During Pregnancy.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2024Article
- Testing Infants and Children With Perinatal Exposure to Hepatitis C Virus.American family physician · 2024Article
- CDC's New Hepatitis C Virus Testing Recommendations for Perinatally Exposed Infants and Children: A Step Towards Hepatitis C Elimination.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- Risk of Death at 1 Year Following Postpartum Opioid Exposure.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- Pregnancy as an Opportunity for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination and Eradication.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Maternal neighbourhood-level social determinants of health and their association with paediatric hepatitis C screening among children exposed to hepatitis C in pregnancy.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2024Article
- Hepatitis C virus detection and management after implementation of universal screening in pregnancy.AJOG global reports · 2024Article
- Frequency of Children Diagnosed with Perinatal Hepatitis C, United States, 2018-2020.Emerging infectious diseases · 2024Article
- CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Testing Among Perinatally Exposed Infants and Children - United States, 2023.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2023Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Identify Children with Perinatally Acquired Hepatitis C Infection.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence doubled among pregnant women from 2009 to 2014, reaching 3.4 per 1000 births nationwide. Infants exposed to HCV may acquire HCV by vertical transmission. National guidelines recommend that infants exposed to HCV be tested; however, it is unclear if these recommendations are being followed. Our objectives were to determine if infants exposed to HCV were tested and to determine hospital- and patient-level factors associated with differences in testing.
methodsIn this retrospective cohort study of infants exposed to HCV who were enrolled in the Tennessee Medicaid program, we used vital statistics-linked administrative data for infants born between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2014. Infants were followed until 2 years old. Multilevel logistic regression was used to assess the association of HCV testing and hospital- and patient-level characteristics.
resultsOnly 23% of 4072 infants exposed to HCV were tested. Infants whose mothers were white versus African American (96.6% vs 3.1%;
conclusionsTesting occurred in <1 in 4 infants exposed to HCV and less frequently among African American infants. Public health systems need to be bolstered to ensure that infants exposed to HCV are tested for seroconversion.
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