Hepatitis C virus transmission from a healthcare worker to a patient

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-229

  Lot, Florence ^a   Delarocque Astagneau, Elisabeth ^a   Thiers, Valérie ^b   Bernet, Claude ^c   Rimlinger, François ^b   Desenclos, Jean Claude ^a   Chaud, Pascal ^d   Dumay, Françoise ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Centre de Coordination de Lutte Contre Les Infections Nosocomiales Sud Est   (France)

^d Cellule Interrégionale d'Épidémiologie Antilles Guyane   (France)

^e Ministere de la Sante et des Solidarites   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROLOGY; THORAX SURGERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33847736356     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510807     Document Type: Article

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