Transmission of the hepatitis C virus in an hemodialysis unit: Evidence for nosocomial infection

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-270

  Olmer, M ^a   Bouchouareb, D ^a   Zandotti, C ^b   De Micco, P ^b   De Lamballerie, X ^b,c  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Envelope 1; Genotype; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030981265     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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