As part of a special program within the Infectious Diseases Clinic, infants and children with Hepatitis B and C are followed. Recent NICHD Funding has allowed the clinical program to focus on the risk factors for transmission of HCV from mother to infant. There is an active program to identify, evaluate, and manage congenital Hepatitis C, and have access to state of the art diagnostics and therapeutics.

 

Departments and Programs Who Treat This Condition

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Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases

Boston Medical Center is home to infectious disease pediatric specialists who work with patients with all kinds of diagnoses and provide management of at-risk children and familie…