An investigation of an outbreak of hepatitis C virus infections in a low-resourced hemodialysis unit in Vietnam

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 560-566

  Duong, Cuong Minh ^a   McLaws, Mary Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

hemodialysis unit; Hepatitis C virus; outbreak

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS MACHINE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 1B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84959310144     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.014     Document Type: Article

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