Eradication of hepatitis C virus 1b by interferon in a health care worker with acute hepatitis following needlestick transmission from a patient with chronic hepatitis C unresponsive to interferon

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1117-1120

  Toyoda, H ^a   Sakamoto, H ^a   Mizuno, T ^a   Horiguchi, Y ^a   Nakano, H ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Eradication; Hepatitis C virus genotype 1b; Interferon

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033769242     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655200451270     Document Type: Article

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