Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27, January 2008

Hospital admission is a relevant source of hepatitis C virus acquisition in Spain☆

  • Eva Martínez-Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Ciber de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Spain
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  • Xavier Forns

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Ciber de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Liver Unit, ICMD, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +93 227 54 99; fax: +93 451 55 22.
    • ,
  • Mercé Armelles

      Affiliations

    • Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
    • ,
  • Ramon Planas

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • ,
  • Ricard Solà

      Affiliations

    • Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Mercé Vergara

      Affiliations

    • Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain
    • ,
  • Silvia Fàbregas

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de Figueres, Girona, Spain
    • ,
  • Roser Vega

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de Figueres, Girona, Spain
    • ,
  • Javier Salmerón

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • Moisés Diago

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General de Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Jose María Sánchez-Tapias

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Ciber de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Spain
    • ,
  • Miquel Bruguera

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Ciber de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Spain
    • ,
  • The Spanish Acute HCV Study Group

      Affiliations

    • V Andreu (Hospital de Mollet, Barcelona); C Baliellas (Hospital de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat); R Barniol (Hospital General de Vic); M Berenguer (Hospital La Fe, Valencia); FJ Boada Casallo (Hospital Sagrat Cor, Barcelona); J Boadas (Hospital de Terrassa); M Bruguera (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona); M Diago (Hospital General de Valencia); J. Enriquez (Hospital de San Pau, Barcelona); S Fàbregas (Hospital de Figueres); X Forns (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona); J Genescà (Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona); J Giné Gala (Hospital Verge de la Cinta, Tortosa); E. Martínez-Bauer (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona); A Mas (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona); R Planas (Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona); J Salmerón (Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada); JM Sánchez-Tapias (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona); R Solà (Hospital del Mar, Barcelona); X Torras (Hospital San Pau, Barcelona); M Torres (Hospital L’Esperit Sant, Santa Coloma de Gramanet); R Vega (Hospital de Figueres); M Vergara (Corporació Sanitària Parc Tauli, Sabadell); LL Vidal (Hospital de Palamos, Girona).

Received 28 December 2006; received in revised form 18 June 2007; accepted 5 July 2007. published online 12 October 2007.

Associate Editor: M.P. Manns

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☆ The authors who have taken part in this study declared that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(07)00527-2

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2007.07.031

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27, January 2008

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