Abstract:
:This paper describes a voluntary anonymous survey to investigate the seroprevalence of Hepatitis C (HCV) in children in Glasgow, UK attending a Dental Hospital and the proportion of HCV positive mothers who have a child who is HCV seropositive. The study was undertaken among children and accompanying parents and household contacts attending a general anaesthetic assessment clinic at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. Children were asked to provide an oral fluid specimen for HCV testing. Accompanying adults were asked to provide demographic data on the child and information on familial risk factors for HCV infection using a standardised questionnaire. Birth mothers were also asked to provide an oral fluid specimen. Specimens and questionnaires were linked by a unique anonymous study number. Between June 2009 and December 2011, samples were collected from 2141 children and 1698 mothers. None of the samples from the children were HCV seropositive but 16 (0.9%, 95% CI 0.6-1.5%) of the specimens from mothers were HCV antibody positive. In summary, the prevalence of HCV seropositivity in the birth mothers of the children was similar to that estimated in the general population served by the hospital and showed no evidence of mother-to-child transmission of HCV.
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J Infect Public Healthjournal_title
Journal of infection and public healthauthors
O'Leary M,Bagg J,Welbury R,Hutchinson SJ,Hague R,Geary I,Roy KMdoi
10.1016/j.jiph.2016.08.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-01-01 00:00:00pages
470-478issue
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1876-0341issn
1876-035Xpii
S1876-0341(16)30121-6journal_volume
10pub_type
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