Molecular epidemiology of a hepatitis C virus epidemic in a haemodialysis unit: Outbreak investigation and infection outcome

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lanini, Simone ^a   Abbate, Isabella ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Soscia, Fabrizio ^b   Albertoni, Franceso ^b   Battisti, Walter ^b   Ruta, Amilacare ^b   Capobianchi, Maria R ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

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

^b Centro Direzionale Commerciale Latinafiori   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955962801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-257     Document Type: Article

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