Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus during colonoscopy

N Engl J Med. 1997 Jul 24;337(4):237-40. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199707243370404.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Colonoscopes
  • Colonoscopy*
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious*
  • Disinfection
  • Equipment Contamination*
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Hepacivirus / genetics
  • Hepacivirus / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis C / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis C / transmission*
  • Hepatitis C / virology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Viral / blood

Substances

  • RNA, Viral