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Transmission of the hepatitis C virus in an hemodialysis unit: evidence for nosocomial infection.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Apr 1997
Olmer M, Bouchouareb D, Zandotti C, de Micco P, de Lamballerie X
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a frequent feature in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The way of viral transmission is difficult to establish, but in previous studies the role of blood transfusions and of HD treatment duration, and the possibility of nosocomial transmission of the virus have been suggested. We present here the results of a virological follow-up of HCV infection in our HD unit in 1993-1994, and a...
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