Identification of hepatitis C virus seroconversion resulting from nosocomial transmission on a haemodialysis unit: Implications for infection control and laboratory screening

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-140

  Irish, Dianne N ^a   Blake, Catherine ^b   Christophers, Jackie ^c   Craske, John E ^c   Burnapp, Lisa ^a   Abbs, Ian C ^a   MacMahon, Eithne M E ^a,d   Muir, Peter ^d   Banatvala, Jangu E ^a,d   Simmonds, Peter ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HCV genotyping; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogenetic analysis; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032817773     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199910)59:2<135::AID-JMV2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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