A large outbreak of hepatitis B virus infections associated with frequent injections at a physician's office

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 745-750

  Samandari, Taraz ^a,c   Malakmadze, Naile ^b,c   Balter, Sharon ^e   Perz, Joseph F ^a   Khristova, Marina ^a   Swetnam, Leah ^d   Bornschlegel, Katherine ^e   Phillips, Michael S ^c,e   Poshni, Iqbal A ^e   Nautiyal, Preeti ^e   Nainan, Omana V ^a   Bell, Beth P ^a   Williams, Ian T ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office   (United States)

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

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVER EXTRACT; MARKER; PENICILLIN G; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPING; STORAGE; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 25644431980     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502612     Document Type: Article

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