Patient isolation prevents the transmission of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis units

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 859-861

  Harmankaya, Ozlem ^a   Cetin, Birsen ^a   Erimez, Didem ^a   Obek, Aydogan ^a   Seber, Engin ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036904534     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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