Hepatitis C virus transmission in a Dutch haemodialysis unit: detailed outbreak investigation using NS5A gene sequencing
ConclusionThis study demonstrates that detailed incident recording in combination with state-of-the-art molecular investigations such as sequencing of the NS5A region resulted in unravelling a set of two HCV transmissions that occurred at an haemodialysis unit.
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
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