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Investigation of a Case of Genotype 5a Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in a French Hemodialysis Unit Using Epidemiologic Data and Deep Sequencing.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Feb 2016
Aho-Glélé L S, Giraudon H, Astruc K, Soltani Z, Lefebvre A, Pothier P, Bour J B, Manoha C
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BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. A patient was recently found to be HCV seropositive during hemodialysis follow-up. OBJECTIVE To determine whether nosocomial transmission had occurred and which viral populations were transmitted. DESIGN HCV transmission case. SETTING A dialysis unit in a French hospital. METHODS Molecular and epidemiologic investigations were...
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