Prevalence of hepatitis C in health care workers in Southern Italy;Prevalenza dell'HCV negli operatori sanitari del Sud Italia

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-162

  Proietti, Lidia ^a   Origlio, A ^a   Sandona P B ^a   Duscio, D ^a   Malaguarnera, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biological risk; Hepatitis C; Markers

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038372117     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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