An overview about hepatitis C: a devastating virus

N Bostan, T Mahmood - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatitis C (HCV) is the disease that has affected around 200 million people globally. HCV
is a life threatening human pathogen, not only because of its high prevalence and worldwide …

Managing occupational risks for hepatitis C transmission in the health care setting

DK Henderson - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant contemporary health problem in the United
States and elsewhere. Because it is primarily transmitted via blood, hepatitis C infection …

[HTML][HTML] Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infection

B Pozzetto, M Memmi, O Garraud, X Roblin… - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood-borne pathogen that has a worldwide distribution and
infects millions of people. Care-associated HCV infections represented a huge part of …

Seroconversion rates among health care workers exposed to hepatitis C virus–contaminated body fluids: The University of Pittsburgh 13-year experience

FM Egro, CA Nwaiwu, S Smith, JD Harper… - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission to health care personnel (HCP) after
exposure to a HCV-positive source has been reported to occur at an average rate of …

Detection of HCV RNA in saliva of patients with hepatitis C virus infection by using a highly sensitive test

M Hermida, MC Ferreiro, S Barral, R Laredo… - Journal of virological …, 2002 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is transmitted primarily by direct percutaneous exposures to blood.
Since HCV RNA has been found in saliva, it has been suggested that saliva might also be a …

Hospital management of animal and human bites

M Morgan - Journal of hospital infection, 2005 - Elsevier
The management of bites severe enough to warrant hospital admission is complex. This
review includes the epidemiology, clinical management, investigations, microbiology and …

Managing human bites

PD Patil, TS Panchabhai… - Journal of Emergencies …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Human bites are frequently overlooked in making a diagnosis in the emergency room. They
are particularly notorious due to the polymicrobial nature of human saliva inoculated in the …

Hepatitis C infection and periodontal disease: Is there a common immunological link?

DN Gheorghe, L Foia, V Toma, A Surdu… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections could have an important impact on the oral health status of
patients, favoring conditions such as periodontal disease and oral cancer. The review of the …

Proviral HIV-1 DNA in gingival crevicular fluid of HIV-1-infected patients in various stages of HIV disease

M Matičić, M Poljak, B Kramar… - Journal of dental …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
The oral cavity is rarely reported to be a site of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
transmission, despite detectable virus in saliva and relatively frequent prevalence of …

Biting the hand that feeds you: management of human and animal bites

KL Elcock, J Reid, OL Moncayo-Nieto, PA Rust - Injury, 2022 - Elsevier
Bites from animal and humans represent a very small proportion of all the patients
presenting to emergency departments, However, they require prompt medical and surgical …