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The risk of HCV infection among health-care workers and its association with extrahepatic manifestations (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Adriana Garozzo
    • Luca Falzone
    • Venerando Rapisarda
    • Andrea Marconi
    • Diana Cinà
    • Concettina Fenga
    • Demetrios A. Spandidos
    • Massimo Libra
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  • Published online on: March 24, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6378
  • Pages: 3336-3339
  • Copyright: © Garozzo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Health care workers (HCWs) are frequently exposed to different biological agents during their activities and are frequently monitored. Among these infectious agents, human hepatitis C (HCV) can infect HCWs. In this review article, the risk of HCV infection among HCWs is discussed along with extrahepatic HCV-related malignancies, such as non‑Hodgkin lymphoma. Accidental contamination, represented by percutaneous and mucocutaneous infections is the main risk factor for such infection. The compliance of the protection procedures, included in the current regulation for HCWs, is the most important issue to reduce the risk of pathogen infections that in turn may produce reduction of infection‑associated malignancies.
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Garozzo A, Falzone L, Rapisarda V, Marconi A, Cinà D, Fenga C, Spandidos DA and Libra M: The risk of HCV infection among health-care workers and its association with extrahepatic manifestations (Review). Mol Med Rep 15: 3336-3339, 2017.
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Garozzo, A., Falzone, L., Rapisarda, V., Marconi, A., Cinà, D., Fenga, C. ... Libra, M. (2017). The risk of HCV infection among health-care workers and its association with extrahepatic manifestations (Review). Molecular Medicine Reports, 15, 3336-3339. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6378
MLA
Garozzo, A., Falzone, L., Rapisarda, V., Marconi, A., Cinà, D., Fenga, C., Spandidos, D. A., Libra, M."The risk of HCV infection among health-care workers and its association with extrahepatic manifestations (Review)". Molecular Medicine Reports 15.5 (2017): 3336-3339.
Chicago
Garozzo, A., Falzone, L., Rapisarda, V., Marconi, A., Cinà, D., Fenga, C., Spandidos, D. A., Libra, M."The risk of HCV infection among health-care workers and its association with extrahepatic manifestations (Review)". Molecular Medicine Reports 15, no. 5 (2017): 3336-3339. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6378