Hepatitis C in injecting drug‐using women during and after pregnancy

Abstract

Pregnancy does not adversely affect the course of hepatitis C. A modest rebound in ALT levels, but not HCV-RNA, occurs after delivery in some viraemic women. This supports the theory that immune mechanisms rather than direct viral cytopathology are involved in hepatocyte injury during HCV infection. Hepatitis C infection did not influence pregnancy complications and outcomes.