Transmission of hepatitis C virus from a patient to an anesthesiology assistant to five patients

N Engl J Med. 2000 Dec 21;343(25):1851-4. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200012213432505.

Authors

R S Ross¹, S Viazov, T Gross, F Hofmann, H M Seipp, M Roggendorf

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Virology, National Reference Center for Hepatitis C, University of Essen, Germany. stefan.ross@uni-essen.de

PMID: 11117977
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200012213432505

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Anesthesiology*
Base Sequence
Blood-Borne Pathogens / isolation & purification
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Hepacivirus / genetics*
Hepacivirus / isolation & purification
Hepatitis C / epidemiology
Hepatitis C / transmission*
Hepatitis C / virology
Hepatitis C Antibodies / blood
Hospitals, Municipal
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient*
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Operating Room Technicians
RNA, Viral / blood

Substances

Hepatitis C Antibodies
RNA, Viral