A systematic virological follow-up of 114 haemodialysis patients treated in the same unit showed that 37, including 17 PCR positive patients, were seropositive for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Type 1 b HCV was detected in 10 patients and was much more frequent in this population than in the whole popula
Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus
✍ Scribed by R. Schvarcz; A. Sönnerborg; B. Johansson; B. Nyström
- Book ID
- 105466990
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 562 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8126
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