## Abstract The aim of this study was to provide evidence for patient‐to‐patient nosocomial hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission during sclerotherapy of varicose veins. Forty‐three patients who had evidence of current infection by genotype 2 HCV have had sclerotherapy by the same physician. Based o
Outbreak of hepatitis C virus infection during sclerotherapy of varicose veins: Long-term follow-up of 196 patients (4535 patient-years)
✍ Scribed by Victor de Lédinghen; Pascale Trimoulet; Paul-Régis Mannant; Francis Dumas; Patrick Champbenoît; Christian Baldit; Juliette Foucher; Muriel Faure; Julien Vergniol; Laurent Castéra; Julien Bertet; Hervé Fleury; Patrice Couzigou; Pierre-Henri Bernard
- Book ID
- 117982903
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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