Molecular epidemiology of a hepatitis C virus outbreak in a hemodialysis unit in Italy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-267

  Spada, Enea ^a   Abbate, Isabella ^b   Sicurezza, Elvia ^c   Mariano, Andrea ^b   Parla, Vincenza ^c   Rinnone, Sebastiano ^d   Cuccia, Mario ^d   Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria ^b   Mele, Alfonso ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria   (Italy)

^d Servizio Epidemiologia e Prevenzione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiological investigation; Genotype; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus; Nosocomial infection; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 37548999825     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21088     Document Type: Article

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