Seronegative hepatitis C virus infection in a child infected via mother-to-child transmission.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection typically leads to antibody response within weeks after primary infection. Here, we describe the case of a child infected with HCV by mother-to-child transmission who remained persistently seronegative despite the presence of high levels of circulating HCV RNA.

SUBMITTER: Larouche A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3405620 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature