Epidemiology, surveillance, and prevention of hepatitis C virus infections in hemodialysis patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 371-378

  Patel, Priti R ^a   Thompson, Nicola D ^b   Kallen, Alexander J ^a   Arduino, Matthew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

dialysis; epidemiology; Hepatitis C; infection control; transmission

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

COMORBIDITY; DISINFECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955878462     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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