Iatrogenic Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) by an Anesthesiologist: Comparative Molecular Analysis of the HCV-E1 and HCV-E2 Hypervariable Regions
Clinical Infectious Diseases2007Vol. 45(4), pp. e32–e38
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Yonat Shemer‐Avni, Michal Cohen, Ayelet Keren‐Naus, Emanuel Sikuler, Negba Hanuka, A. Yaari, E. Hayam, L. Bachmatov, Romy Zemel, Ran Tur‐Kaspa
Abstract
Molecular analysis revealed sequence similarity of HVR1 and HVR2 in the related group, suggesting that the anesthesiologist with chronic HCV infection may have transmitted HCV to 33 patients.
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