Transmission of hepatitis C virus by discarded-needle injury [6]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-130

  Libois, Agnès ^a   Fumero, Emilio ^a   Castro, Pedro ^a   Nomdedeu, Meritxell ^a   Cruceta, Anna ^a   Gatell, José Maria ^a   Garcia, Felipe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; PEGINTERFERON; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES;

EID: 20844432391     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430836     Document Type: Letter

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