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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 90:F156-F160 doi:10.1136/adc.2004.059436
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When does mother to child transmission of hepatitis C virus occur?

Table 2

 Breastfed children with late first positive polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) (>4 weeks) and non-breastfed children with late first positive PCRs and late last negative PCRs (>4 weeks)

Child Breast fed Age at last negative PCR Age at first positive PCR (months) Age breast feeding stopped (weeks)
For all these children, the first PCR test at <3 days was negative.
1 Yes 1 day (& an indeterminate PCR result at 4 weeks) 4.7 20
2 Yes 2 days 3 Not available
3 Yes Birth 3 Not available
4 Yes 3 days 3 Not available
5 Yes 2 days 3 Not available
6 Yes 24 days 3.9 26
7 Yes 2.7 months 15 12
8 No 31 days 2.2
9 No 32 days 5.1
10 No 1.9 months 5.8
11 No 5.6 months 12.2
12 No 8.7 months 13.4

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