A Large Outbreak of Hepatitis C Virus Infections in a Hemodialysis Clinic

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 125-133

  Nguyen, Duc B ^a   Gutowski, Jennifer ^b   Ghiselli, Margherita ^b   Cheng, Tabitha ^c   Hamdounia, Shadia Bel ^b   Suryaprasad, Anil ^c   Xu, Fujie ^c   Moulton Meissner, Heather ^a   Hayden, Tonya ^c   Forbi, Joseph C ^c   Xia, Guo Liang ^c   Arduino, Matthew J ^a   Patel, Ami ^b,c   Patel, Priti R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HCV ANTIBODY; HEPARIN; IRON SACCHARATE; PARICALCITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS CLINIC; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VIRAL GENETICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84966356770     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.247     Document Type: Article

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