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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2013; 19(4): 581-585
Published online Jan 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i4.581
Acute hepatitis C virus infection in a nurse trainee following a needlestick injury
Renzo Scaggiante, Liliana Chemello, Roberto Rinaldi, Giovanni Battista Bartolucci, Andrea Trevisan
Renzo Scaggiante, Roberto Rinaldi, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Padua Hospital, I-35128 Padua, Italy
Liliana Chemello, Department of Medicine, Padua University, I-35128 Padua, Italy
Giovanni Battista Bartolucci, Andrea Trevisan, Department of Molecular Medicine, Padua University, I-35128 Padua, Italy
Author contributions: Trevisan A, Chemello L and Bartolucci GB interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript; Scaggiante R and Rinaldi R took care of the patient.
Correspondence to: Andrea Trevisan, MD, Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, I-35128 Padova, Italy. andrea.trevisan@unipd.it
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Received: May 11, 2012
Revised: July 31, 2012
Accepted: August 8, 2012
Published online: January 28, 2013
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