학술논문
Acute hepatitis C infection with evidence of heterosexual transmission
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*HEPATITIS C transmission
*PEOPLE with drug addiction
*OLDER women
*SEXUAL intercourse
*SEXUALLY transmitted diseases
*PHYLOGENY
*LIVER function tests
*POLYMERASE chain reaction
*INTRAVENOUS drug abusers
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Language
ISSN
1386-6532
Abstract
Abstract: A 62-year-old woman acquired acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after heterosexual contact with a known HCV positive former injecting drug user. There were no known sexual or other risk factors for HCV acquisition. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the case and index were infected with identical genotype 3a strains, consistent with heterosexual transmission in the absence of specific risk factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]