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Problems in the Interpretation of Serological Results of Hepatitis B Testing During an Incident of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in a Dialysis Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

F. Fitzpatrick ,
M. Crean ,
G. Kaminski ,
J. Connell ,
L. Thornton ,
N. Murphy ,
A. Brennan ,
J. Walsh ,
H. Humphreys  and
E. Smyth
F. Fitzpatrick*
Affiliation:
National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
M. Crean
Affiliation:
National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
G. Kaminski
Affiliation:
National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
J. Connell
Affiliation:
National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
L. Thornton
Affiliation:
Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
N. Murphy
Affiliation:
Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
A. Brennan
Affiliation:
Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
J. Walsh
Affiliation:
Departments of Nephrology, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
H. Humphreys
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
E. Smyth
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont HospitalDublin, Dublin, Ireland
*
Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 25-27 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, Ireland, (fidelma.fitzpatrick@mailx.hse.ie)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 12 , December 2007 , pp. 1417 - 1418
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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