Reported Prevalence of Maternal Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the reported prevalence and trend of maternal hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the United States (2009–2017) and identify maternal characteristics and obstetric outcomes associated with HCV infection during pregnancy. METHODS: We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study of all live births in the United States for the period 2009 through 2017 using National Center for Health Statistics birth records. We...