Transmission of hepatitis B virus to multiple patients from a surgeon without evidence of inadequate infection control

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 549-554

  Harpaz, Rafael ^a   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b   Averhoff, Francisco M ^a   Tormey, Michael P ^c   Sinha, Saswati D ^a   Kotsopoulou, Konstantina ^a   Lambert, Stephen B ^a   Robertson, Betty H ^a   Cherry, James D ^b   Shapiro, Craig N ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13344295086     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199602293340901     Document Type: Article

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