Determinant roles of environmental contamination and noncompliance with standard precautions in the risk of hepatitis C virus transmission in a hemodialysis unit

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 627-633

  Girou, Emmanuelle ^a   Chevaliez, Stéphane ^a   Challine, Dominique ^a   Thiessart, Michaël ^a   Morice, Yoann ^a   Lesprit, Philippe ^a   Tkoub Scheirlinck, Latifa ^a   Soing Altrach, Sophan ^a   Cizeau, Florence ^a   Cavin, Celine ^a   André, Martine ^a   Dahmanne, Djamel ^a   Lang, Philippe ^a   Pawlotsky, Jean Michel ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 49449114352     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590564     Document Type: Article

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