Hepatitis C virus infection among dialysis patients in Tunisia: Incidence and molecular evidence for nosocomial transmission

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-191

  Hmaied, Fatma ^a   Mamou, Myriam Ben ^a   Saune Sandres, Karine ^b   Rostaing, Lionel ^c   Slim, Amine ^a   Arrouji, Zakia ^a   Redjeb, Saïda Ben ^a   Izopet, Jacques ^b  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Hepatitis C; HVR 1 region; Nosocomial infection; NS5B region

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TUNISIA; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS E2 GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 31144469185     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20526     Document Type: Article

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