Transmission of hepatitis C virus associated with surgical procedures - New Jersey 2010 and Wisconsin 2011.
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Incidents of health care-associated hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission that resulted from breaches in injection safety and infection prevention practices have been previously documented. During 2010 and 2011, separate, unrelated, occurrences of HCV infections in New Jersey and Wisconsin associated with surgical procedures were investigated to determine sources of HCV and mechanisms of HCV transmission. Molecular analyses of HCV strains and epidemiologic investigations indicated that transmission likely resulted from breaches of infection prevention practices. Health care and public health professionals should consider health care-associated transmission when evaluating acute HCV infections.
Source: PubMed Central
Language: English
Topic: Hepatitis C virus research
Subfield: Hepatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W233146336