Molecular and epidemiological evidence of patient-to-patient hepatitis C virus transmission in a Scottish emergency department

Transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the healthcare setting is rare. Routine infection prevention and control measures mean that this should be a preventable ‘never event’. To investigate the diagnosis of acute healthcare-associated HCV infection. Epidemiological and molecular investigation of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of hospital infection 2018-04, Vol.98 (4), p.412-418
Hauptverfasser:	Johannessen, I., Danial, J., Smith, D.B., Richards, J., Imrie, L., Rankin, A., Willocks, L.J., Evans, C., Leen, C., Gibson, P., Simmonds, P., Goldberg, D., McCallum, A., Roy, K.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cross Infection - transmission Disease Transmission, Infectious Emergency department Emergency Service, Hospital Female Genotype Hepacivirus - classification Hepacivirus - genetics Hepacivirus - isolation & purification Hepatitis C - transmission Hepatitis C virus Humans Infection Control - methods Middle Aged Scotland Sequence Analysis, DNA Surveillance Transmission
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