Anonymous pilot study of hepatitis C virus prevalence in liver transplant surgeons

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1084-1088

  Thorburn, Douglas ^a   Roy, Kirsty ^b   Wilson, Karen ^b   Stell, David ^a   Cameron, Sheila ^c   Wall, William ^d   Mills, Peter R ^c   Goldberg, David ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORTH AMERICA; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33746028190     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20757     Document Type: Article

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