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Molecular Epidemiology of a Hepatitis C Virus Outbreak in a Hemodialysis Unit
1 Jun 2005
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed a hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission case in the hemodialysis unit of a private clinic by sequencing two genome regions of virus isolates from a number of patients attending this unit and some external controls. The analysis of 337 nucleotides (nt) in the NS5B region did not provide enough resolution to ascertain which patients were actually involved in the outbreak and the potential source....
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