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Hepatitis C virus outbreak in a haemodialysis unit: learning from failures.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Nov 2016
Senatore S, Galli C, Conti A, Faccini M, Cantoni S, Ciconali G, Mainardi G, Lamberti A, Dighera R, Radice Trolli F, Oggioni C, Angelini Sironi L, Cozzolino M, Zanetti A R, Romanò L
Abstract excerpt
The investigation of an outbreak of hepatitis C virus in an Italian haemodialysis (HD) centre showed that three patients acquired infection with the same strain, affecting a chronically hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patient receiving HD in the same room and during the same shifts. Through our observational analysis many possible modes of transmission were identified, but none could be definitively identified...
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