Is there a case for hepatitis C infection screening in the antenatal period?

Lucy Pembrey; Marie-Louise Newell; Catherine Peckham

doi:10.1258/096914103771773230

Is there a case for hepatitis C infection screening in the antenatal period?

J Med Screen. 2003;10(4):161-8. doi: 10.1258/096914103771773230.

Authors

Lucy Pembrey¹, Marie-Louise Newell, Catherine Peckham

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH.

PMID: 14738651
DOI: 10.1258/096914103771773230

Abstract

Based on research evidence the UK National Screening Committee recently recommended that routine antenatal screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection should not be introduced into the UK antenatal screening programme. In this paper we review the evidence on which this decision was based, addressing the criteria that need to be considered before the introduction of a new screening programme.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Female
Fetal Diseases / epidemiology
Fetal Diseases / virology
Hepatitis C / diagnosis
Hepatitis C / embryology*
Hepatitis C / epidemiology*
Hepatitis C / prevention & control
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data
Mass Screening / methods
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis* / statistics & numerical data*
Prevalence
United Kingdom / epidemiology