Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission has decreased with the adoption of universal blood
donor screening and social policies to reduce the risk of infection in intravenous drug users …

BACKGROUND If transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection through parenteral
exposure is well documented, sexual transmission of HCV is still debated. AIMS To perform …

To examine the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission between patients infected with
HCV and their household members (siblings, offspring and parents), as well as their stable …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Since 2000, there has been a marked rise in acute hepatitis C virus
(HCV) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) …

Heterosexual transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is uncommon, with few studies
undertaken in Central Africa. To determine the frequency of inter‐spouse HCV transmission …

To identify the route of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission, we investigated the sexual
transmission of HCV by examining HCV markers among spouses of patients with chronic …

In this study, the first complete genome sequences for hepatitis C virus (HCV) subtypes 6f,
6i, 6j and 6m, obtained from infected blood donors in Chiang Mai, Thailand, are reported …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission between spouses remains poorly characterized,
largely due to the limited availability of samples from the early stage of infection, as well as …

Background: The role of intrafamilial HCV transmission is still controversial. Methods: An
overall sample of 2856 consecutive HCV-infected patients was studied. All index cases were …

Vertical transmission is an uncommon route of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Little is
known about the way of virus spread between relatives. Furthermore, the nucleotide …