Transmission of hepatitis C virus by a cardiac surgeon

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 555-560

  Esteban, Juan I ^a,c   Gómez, Jordi ^a   Martell, María ^a   Cabot, Beatriz ^a   Quer, Josep ^a   Camps, Joan ^a   González, Antonio ^a   Otero, Teresa ^a   Moya, Andrés ^b   Esteban, Rafael ^a   Guardia, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART SURGERY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SURGEON; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SPAIN; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 13344281012     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199602293340902     Document Type: Article

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