LOW-RISK OF SEXUAL TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS-C VIRUS

被引:66
作者
HALLAM, NF [1 ]
FLETCHER, ML [1 ]
READ, SJ [1 ]
MAJID, AM [1 ]
KURTZ, JB [1 ]
RIZZA, CR [1 ]
机构
[1] CHURCHILL HOSP,OXFORD HAEMOPHILIA CTR,OXFORD OX3 7LJ,ENGLAND
关键词
HCV; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; HEMOPHILIA;
D O I
10.1002/jmv.1890400315
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) was studied between 104 anti-HCV positive index cases (99 haemophilic men, five women) who have attended the Oxford Haemophilia Centre and 104 (98 female, 6 male) longstanding sexual partners. Ninety-one percent of the index cases were HCV RNA positive by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and 56% were anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive. Three (2.9%) sexual partners (each a female partner of a different HCV RNA positive haemophilic man) were anti-HCV, and HCV RNA, positive. All had other risk factors for HCV infection. Of 59 partners who were tested for anti-HIV four (7%) were positive and only one of these was also anti-HCV positive. There was no association between HIV positivity in the index cases and HCV positivity in their partners. Our results confirm a low risk of sexual transmission of HCV. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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