Transmission of hepatitis B virus to multiple patients from a surgeon without evidence of inadequate infection control.

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Published in N Engl J Med on February 29, 1996

Authors

R Harpaz1, L Von Seidlein, F M Averhoff, M P Tormey, S D Sinha, K Kotsopoulou, S B Lambert, B H Robertson, J D Cherry, C N Shapiro

Author Affiliations

1: Hepatitis Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

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