Routes of transmission of hepatitis C virus

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 30-33

  Soza, Alejandro ^a   Riquelme, Arnoldo ^a   Arrese, Marco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HCV; Hepatitis C virus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRANASAL DRUG USE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LATIN AMERICA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955935550     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31720-x     Document Type: Article

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