Further evidence for nosocomial spread of hepatitis c virus infection in hemodialysis units

Nephron

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 488-

  Dimkoviç, Nada ^a   Dragiçeviç, Petar ^a   Laziç, Nikola ^a   Radmiloviç, Aleksandar ^a  

^a ZVEZDARA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

BLOOD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

CROSS INFECTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0030345577     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189386     Document Type: Article

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