A cluster of hepatitis C virus infections associated with ozone-enriched transfusion of autologous blood in Rome, Italy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 762-767

  Faustini, Annunziata ^a,e   Capobianchi, Maria R ^b   Martinelli, Mauro ^c   Abbate, Isabella ^b,d   Cappiello, Giuseppina ^b   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a Local Health Authority RME   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e LHA RME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OZONE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; ROME;

EID: 25644451168     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502614     Document Type: Article

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