Cindy: the list of suportive articles are: kurauchi, o arch gynec & Obstet 253: 121 1993 ogasawara s et al lancet 341: 561 1993 uehara s et al tohoki j exp med 171: 195 1993 westal r et al j med virol 30:178 1990 zanetti a.t. et al lancet 345: 289 1995 lin h-h et al j. pediatrics 126:589 1995 greyson ml branoff km med j of australia 163:107 1995 bf is not considered a major risk factor in maternal infant transmission of hcv.. the risk during acute infrection remains UNCERTIAN. Patricia