Health Care Workers as Source of Hepatitis B and C Virus Transmission

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-168

  Carlson, Abigail L ^a   Perl, Trish M ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Nosocomial transmission

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCREENING; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CROSS INFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; DUTY TO WARN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 74549169879     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2009.11.003     Document Type: Review

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