Hepatitis C Virus Outbreaks in Hemodialysis Centers: A Continuing Problem

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¹ 1Department of Hospital Epidemiology,University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC.
² 3Division of Gastroenterology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.

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David J Weber et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;37(2):140-2.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.311.

¹ 1Department of Hospital Epidemiology,University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC.
² 3Division of Gastroenterology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.

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