Preventing vertical transmission of HCV in Canada

Chelsea Elwood1, Laura J Sauve2, Neora Pick2

  • 1On behalf of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Infectious Diseases Committee (Elwood); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Elwood), University of British Columbia; Oak Tree Clinic, BC Women's Hospital (Elwood, Sauve, Pick); Department of Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital (Sauve), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Chelsea.elwood@cw.bc.ca.

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