@article {1663,
	title = {Declining HCV seroprevalence in pregnant women with HIV.},
	journal = {Epidemiol Infect},
	volume = {138},
	year = {2010},
	month = {2010 Sep},
	pages = {1317-21},
	abstract = {<p>We assessed recent trends in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in pregnant women with HIV using data from a large national study. Based on 1240 pregnancies, we observed a 3.4-fold decline in HCV seroprevalence in pregnant women with HIV between 2001 (29.3\%) and 2008 (8.6\%). This decline was the net result of two components: a progressively declining HCV seroprevalence in non-African women (from 35.7\% in 2001 to 16.7\% in 2008), sustained by a parallel reduction in history of injecting drug use (IDU) in this population, and a significantly growing presence (from 21.2\% in 2001 to 48.6\% in 2008) of women of African origin, at very low risk of being HCV-infected [average HCV prevalence 1\%, adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for HCV 0.09, 95\% CI 0.03-0.29]. Previous IDU was the stronger determinant of HCV co-infection in pregnant women with HIV (aOR 30.9, 95\% CI 18.8-51.1). The observed trend is expected to translate into a reduced number of cases of vertical HCV transmission.</p>},
	keywords = {Chi-Square Distribution, Female, Hepatitis C, HIV Infections, Humans, Italy, Logistic Models, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Seroepidemiologic Studies},
	issn = {1469-4409},
	doi = {10.1017/S0950268810000129},
	author = {Floridia, M and Tamburrini, E and Anzidei, G and Tibaldi, C and Muggiasca, M L and Guaraldi, G and Fiscon, M and Vimercati, A and Martinelli, P and Donisi, A and Dalzero, S and Ravizza, M}
}
