Canadian hepatitis C look-back investigation to detect transmission from an infected general surgeon

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Dawar, Meenakshi ^a   Stuart, Tammy L ^a   Sweet, Lamont E ^b   Neatby, Anne M ^b   Abbott, Lewis P ^b   Andonov, Anton P ^c   Wong, Tom ^a   Gervais, Robert ^a   Stirling, Rob ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Prince Edward Island   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Nosocomial infection; Phylogenetic analysis; Provider to patient transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PROBABILITY; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURGEON; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77950833485     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/750549     Document Type: Article

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