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Hepatitis C virus infections from unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007-2008.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Aug 2010

Fischer Gayle E, Schaefer Melissa K, Labus Brian J, Sands Lawrence, Rowley Patricia, Azzam Ihsan A, Armour Patricia, Khudyakov Yury E, Lin Yulin, Xia Guoliang, Patel Priti R, Perz Joseph F, Holmberg Scott D

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BACKGROUND: In January 2008, 3 persons with acute hepatitis C who all underwent endoscopy at a single facility in Nevada were identified. METHOD: We reviewed clinical and laboratory data from initially detected cases of acute hepatitis C and reviewed infection control practices at the clinic where case patients underwent endoscopy. Persons who underwent procedures on days when the case patients underwent...

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PMID: 20575663
DOI: 10.1086/653937

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