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Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Brazilian Dentists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Wanessa Teixeira Bellíssimo-Rodrigues ,
Alcyone Artioli Machado ,
Fernando Bellíssimo-Rodrigues ,
Margarida P. Nascimento  and
José Fernando C. Figueiredo
Wanessa Teixeira Bellíssimo-Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Program in Internal Medicine, Area of Biosciences Applied to Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Faculty of Meclicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Alcyone Artioli Machado*
Affiliation:
Area of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Faculty of Meclicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Fernando Bellíssimo-Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Committee for the Control of Hospital Infections, University Hospital, Faculty of Meclicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Margarida P. Nascimento
Affiliation:
Program in Biomedicine, Laboratory of Serology, University Hospital, Faculty of Meclicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
José Fernando C. Figueiredo
Affiliation:
Area of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Faculty of Meclicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
*
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, USP Avenida dos Bandeirantes, 3900, Campus Universitário Monte Alegre, 14048-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil, (aamachad@fmrp.usp.br.or, wanessat@ig.com.br)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 8 , August 2006 , pp. 887 - 888
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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