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A large healthcare-associated outbreak of hepatitis C virus genotype 1a in a clinic in Korea.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Sept 2018
Chung Yoon-Seok, Choi Ju-Yeon, Han Myung Guk, Park Kye Ryeong, Park Su-Jin, Lee Hyerim, Jee Youngmee, Kang Chun
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BACKGROUND: In November 2015, reuse of needles and syringes in conjunction with an increase in cases of HCV at a clinic in Korea was reported and investigated by public health authorities. Patients who received injections at the clinic from the first time this infection control breach may have occurred in 2008 through 2015 when the practice was stopped were offered screening for HCV and other blood-borne...
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