Phylogenetic investigation for the risk of hepatitis C virus transmission to surgical and dental patients

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 148-153

  Enomoto, A ^a,b   Yoshino, S ^a,b   Hasegawa, H ^a,b   Komatsu, T ^a,b   Sasahara, H ^a,b   Takano, S ^a,b   Esumi, M ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental hospital; Hepatitis C virus; Hypervariable region 1; Nosocomial transmission; Phylogenetic analysis; Surgical ward

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOOTH DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0035080144     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2001.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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