Molecular evidence for nosocomial spread of two different hepatitis C virus strains in one hemodialysis unit

Nephron

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-278

  Seme, Katja ^a   Poljak, Mario ^a   Žužek Rešek, Saša ^b   Debeljak, Maruša ^c   Koren, Srečko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Hemodialysis Unit Izola   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus; Nosocomial infection; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SLOVENIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030717706     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000190287     Document Type: Article

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