Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2024)

Frequency of Children Diagnosed with Perinatal Hepatitis C, United States, 2018–2020

  • Suzanne M. Newton,
  • Kate R. Woodworth,
  • Daniel Chang,
  • Lindsey Sizemore,
  • Heather Wingate,
  • Leah Pinckney,
  • Anthony Osinski,
  • Lauren Orkis,
  • Bethany D. Reynolds,
  • Cynthia Carpentieri,
  • Umme-Aiman Halai,
  • Caleb Lyu,
  • Nicole Longcore,
  • Nadia Thomas,
  • Aprielle Wills,
  • Amanda Akosa,
  • Emily O’Malley Olsen,
  • Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos,
  • Nicola D. Thompson,
  • Suzanne M. Gilboa,
  • Van T. Tong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3001.230315
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 1
pp. 202 – 204

Abstract

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We describe hepatitis C testing of 47 (2%) of 2,266 children diagnosed with perinatal hepatitis C who were exposed during 2018–2020 in 7 jurisdictions in the United States. Expected frequency of perinatal transmission is 5.8%, indicating only one third of the cases in this cohort were reported to public health authorities.

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