Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Infection Among Sexually
Transmitted Disease-Infected, Inner City Obstetric Patients

Youyin  Choy; Lisa  Gittens-Williams; Joseph  Apuzzio; Joan  Skurnick; Carl  Zollicoffer; Peter G. McGovern

doi:10.1080/10647440300025520

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2003)

Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Infection Among Sexually Transmitted Disease-Infected, Inner City Obstetric Patients

Youyin Choy,
Lisa Gittens-Williams,
Joseph Apuzzio,
Joan Skurnick,
Carl Zollicoffer,
Peter G. McGovern

Affiliations

Youyin Choy: Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB-E506, Newark 07103, NJ, USA
Lisa Gittens-Williams: Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB-E506, Newark 07103, NJ, USA
Joseph Apuzzio: Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB-E506, Newark 07103, NJ, USA
Joan Skurnick: Preventive Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
Carl Zollicoffer: Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB-E506, Newark 07103, NJ, USA
Peter G. McGovern: Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB-E506, Newark 07103, NJ, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10647440300025520
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 4
pp. 191 – 198

Abstract

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Objective: To test the hypothesis that our inner city obstetric patients who have been infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) will have a higher prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection than the general population and to identify specific risk factors and high-risk groups.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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