Epidemiological and phylogenetic evidence for patient-to-patient hepatitis C virus transmission during sclerotherapy of varicose veins

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-284

  De Lédinghen, Victor ^a,b,c   Trimoulet, Pascale ^a   Cazajous, Géraldine ^a   Bernard, Pierre Henri ^a   Schrive, Marie Hélène ^a   Foucher, Juliette ^a   Faure, Muriel ^a   Castéra, Laurent ^a   Vergniol, Julien ^a   Amouretti, Michel ^a   Fleury, Hervé ^a   Couzigou, Patrice ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

HCV outbreak; Hepatitis C virus infection; Nosocomial infection; Patient to patient infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 20944432469     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20356     Document Type: Article

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