Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus from an anesthesiologist to three patients - Epidemiologic and molecular evidence

Archives of Virology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1025-1030

  Stark, K ^a   Hanel M ^b   Berg, T ^c   Schreier, E ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitsamt Friedrichshain Kreuzberg   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33645988233     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0674-y     Document Type: Article

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