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No evidence for patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: molecular studies on three acute hepatitis C patients.
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society - 1 Jul 2009
Toda Takayuki, Mitsui Takehiro, Tsukamoto Yukie, Ebara Takeshi, Masuko Kazuo, Takahashi Masaharu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The risk of patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) during endoscopy remains controversial. Using molecular approaches, we examined the possibility of patient-to-patient transmission of HCV in three patients who developed acute hepatitis C 1-6 months after examination by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) in a hospital endoscopy unit in Japan. METHODS: For the source of HCV...
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