Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus

Infection

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 74-77

  Schvarcz, R ^a   Johansson, B ^a   Nystrom B ^a   Sonnerborg A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; SEROCONVERSION; SWEDEN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030908013     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02113578     Document Type: Article

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