Epidemiologic and molecular investigation of outbreaks of hepatitis C virus infection on a pediatric oncology service

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-134

  Widell, Anders ^a   Christensson, Bertil ^a   Wiebe, Thomas ^a   Schalén, Claes ^a   Hansson, Hans Bertil ^a   Allander, Tobias ^b   Persson, Mats A A ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033582180     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-2-199901190-00007     Document Type: Article

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