Hepatitis C virus; Occupational risk; Health care workers
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Prevalence of hepatitis C antibodies among health care workers at high risk for blood exposure
R.M.B. MartinsI; V.C. AlmeidaI; B.O.M. VanderborghtII; J.B.A. BritoI; D.D.P. CardosoI; M.S. PereiraIII; C.F.T. YoshidaIV
ILab. de Virologia, IPTESP, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
IIInnogenetics N.V., Ghent, Belgium
IIIDep. de Enfermagem, FEN, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
IVDep. de Virologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Correspondence to Correspondence to: Regina Maria Bringel Martins Departamento de Microbiologia, IPTESP, Universidade Federal de Goiás C.P. 131 74605-050 Goiânia, GO, Brasil
Keywords: Hepatitis C virus; Occupational risk; Health care workers.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors are greatful to F. Shapiro for reviewing the manuscript, to D.M.F. Gomes and R.C.O. Oliveira for technical assistance.
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