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Confirmation of nosocomial hepatitis C virus infection in a hemodialysis unit.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Jul 2004
Furusyo Norihiro, Kubo Norihiko, Nakashima Hisashi, Kashiwagi Kenichiro, Etoh Yoshitaka, Hayashi Jun
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate a hepatitis C virus (HCV) outbreak in a hemodialysis unit and determine the source of transmission. METHODS: We have prospectively investigated the epidemiology of hemodialysis-related HCV infection in a single unit since 1989. In September 2000, acute hepatitis C (AH-C) was diagnosed in 5 patients by alanine aminotransferase elevation and HCV genotype 1b viremia without antibody to...
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