Acute Hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic—Nevada, 2007.

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Acute Hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic—Nevada, 2007.

November 17, 2011

Prevention C for DC and. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008;57(19):513-7.

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This report further discusses the investigation of a Hepatitis C outbreak that resulted from unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic.

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