2024
Breastfeeding Initiation, Duration, and Associated Factors Among People With Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Grasch J, de Voest J, Saade G, Hughes B, Reddy U, Costantine M, Chien E, Tita A, Thorp J, Metz T, Wapner R, Sabharwal V, Simhan H, Swamy G, Heyborne K, Sibai B, Grobman W, El-Sayed Y, Casey B, Parry S. Breastfeeding Initiation, Duration, and Associated Factors Among People With Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2024, 143: 449-455. PMID: 38176013, PMCID: PMC10962006, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000005499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatitis C virus infectionUndetectable viral loadC virus infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusViral loadHCV seropositivityHCV viremiaBreast milkAssociated FactorsVirus infectionMulticenter observational cohortDetectable viral loadDuration of breastfeedingObstetric characteristicsSingleton gestationsMedian durationObservational cohortSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeMultivariable analysisSelf-reported initiationImmunodeficiency virusBreastfeeding behaviorBreastfeedingSecondary analysis
2023
Risk Factors for Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus
Prasad M, Saade G, Clifton R, Sandoval G, Hughes B, Reddy U, Bartholomew A, Salazar A, Chien E, Tita A, Thorp J, Metz T, Wapner R, Sabharwal V, Simhan H, Swamy G, Heyborne K, Sibai B, Grobman W, El-Sayed Y, Casey B, Parry S, Rathore M, Diaz-Velasco R, Puga A, Wiznia A, Kovacs A, Garry D, Macones G. Risk Factors for Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2023, 142: 449-456. PMID: 37590978, PMCID: PMC10437102, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000005306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerinatal transmissionHCV infectionRisk factorsPrimary outcomeHuman Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units NetworkMaternal-Fetal Medicine Units NetworkHepatitis C virus infectionEunice Kennedy Shriver National InstituteC virus infectionPerinatal transmission rateWeeks of gestationHigh viral loadHepatitis C virusMonths of lifePositive test resultsAntepartum bleedingViremic participantsVaginal bleedingHCV RNAViremic individualsViral loadC virusObservational studyVirus infectionDemonstrable viremia