Risk of hepatitis C virus transmission from an infected gynecologist to patients: Results of a 7-year retrospective investigation

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 805-810

  Stefan Ross, R ^a   Viazov, Sergei ^a   Thormählen, Marion ^b   Bartz, Lutz ^c   Tamm, Jana ^c   Rautenberg, Peter ^d   Roggendorf, Michael ^a   Deister, Arno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Itzehoe Public Health Administration   (Germany)

^c Itzehoe Academic Teaching Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037041373     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.7.805     Document Type: Article

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