Fluctuation of Viremia in Hepatitis B Virus-Infected Healthcare Workers Performing Exposure-Prone Procedures in the Netherlands

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 655-660

  Raven, Stijn F H ^a   De Heus, Barry ^b   Wong, Albert ^c   Zaaijer, Hans L ^d,e   Van Steenbergen, Jim E ^b,c  

^a Municipal Health Service West Brabant   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIREMIA;

EID: 84970031471     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.49     Document Type: Article

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