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Hepatitis C Virus Outbreaks in Hemodialysis Centers: A Continuing Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

David J. Weber ,
William A. Rutala  and
Michael W. Fried
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Michael W. Fried
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
*
Address correspondence to David J. Weber, MD, MPH, 2163 Bioinformatics, CB #7030, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7030 (dweber@unch.unc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , February 2016 , pp. 140 - 142
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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