Molecular epidemiology of a hepatitis C virus outbreak in a hemodialysis unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2750-2755

  Bracho, Maria Alma ^a   Gosalbes, María José ^a   Blasco, David ^b   Moya, Andrés ^a   González Candelas, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 20444476151     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2750-2755.2005     Document Type: Article

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