Transmission of hepatitis C from a midwife to a patient through non-exposure prone procedures

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-240

  Muir, David ^a   Chow, Yimmy ^b   Tedder, Richard ^c   Smith, Donald ^d   Harrison, John ^a   Holmes, Alison ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c HPA Microbiology Services Colindale   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood borne viruses; Maternity unit; Nosocomial; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BORNE VIRUS; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

BLOOD BORNE VIRUSES; MATERNITY UNIT; NOSOCOMIAL; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LONDON; MIDWIFERY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84890193554     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23826     Document Type: Article

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