Modeling suggests that microliter volumes of contaminated blood caused an outbreak of hepatitis C during computerized tomography.

<h4>Background & aims</h4>Acute hepatitis C (AHC) is not frequently identified because patients are usually asymptomatic, although may be recognized after iatrogenic exposures such as needle stick injuries, medical injection, and acupuncture. We describe an outbreak of AHC among 12 p...

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Main Authors: Eyal Shteyer, Louis Shekhtman, Tal Zinger, Sheri Harari, Inna Gafanovich, Dana Wolf, Hefziba Ivgi, Rima Barsuk, Ilana Dery, Daniela Armoni, Mila Rivkin, Rahul Pipalia, Michal Cohen Eliav, Yizhak Skorochod, Gabriel S Breuer, Ran Tur-Kaspa, Yonit Weil Wiener, Adi Stern, Scott J Cotler, Harel Dahari, Yoav Lurie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210173