Article
Molecular evidence for nosocomial spread of two different hepatitis C virus strains in one hemodialysis unit.
Nephron - 1 Jan 1997
Seme K, Poljak M, Zuzec-Resek S, Debeljak M, Dovc P, Koren S
Abstract excerpt
The highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among hemodialysis patients in Slovenia was found in a small dialysis unit with old equipment and room shortage, where the first anti-HCV-positive patient was detected in 1990. In 1992 and 1993, an additional 8 and 7 patients seroconvert...
Topics
- Cross Infection
- Disease Outbreaks
- Female
- Genotype
- Hemodialysis Units, Hospital
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
- Renal Dialysis
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Serotyping