Nosocomial transmission of HCV in the liver unit of a tertiary care center

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-122

  Forns, Xavier ^a   Martínez Bauer, Eva ^a   Feliu, Anna ^a   García Retortillo, Montserrat ^a   Martín, Marta ^a   Gay, Eugeni ^a   Navasa, Miquel ^a   Sánchez Tapias, Jose María ^a   Bruguera, Miquel ^a   Rodés, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACENTESIS; PHYLOGENY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20244370836     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20515     Document Type: Article

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