How should you manage children born to hepatitis C-positive women?

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Title:	How should you manage children born to hepatitis C-positive women?
Author:	Powell, Matthew; Bailey, Justin; Maggio, Lauren
Keywords:	disease transmission breastfeeding
Date:	2010-05
Publisher:	Family Physicians Inquiries Network
Citation:	Journal of Family Practice, 59(5) 2010: 289-290.
Abstract:	for starters, don't be overly concerned with the mode of delivery; it doesn't influence the rate of transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), except in women who are also infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, consistent retrospective cohort studies).
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/7718