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Molecular evidence for nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus in a French hemodialysis unit.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 1999
Izopet J, Pasquier C, Sandres K, Puel J, Rostaing L
Abstract excerpt
A systematic virological follow-up of hemodialysis patients identified 11 cases of de novo hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the same unit that were not due to blood transfusion. There were three groups of infection, each occurring within a period of 3 months: four infections with genotype 1b, two infections with genotype 1b, and five infections, four with genotype 1a and one with genotype 5a. The possibility...
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