Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among health-care workers: A 10-year survey

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-564

  Marconi, Andrea ^a,b,c   Candido, Saverio ^a   Talamini, Renato ^b   Libra, Massimo ^a   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^a   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^c   Stivala, Franca ^a   Proietti, Lidia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Hepatitis C virus; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFECTION CONTROL; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SURGEON; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77956697118     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr_00000297     Document Type: Review

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