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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2014; 20(46): 17265-17278
Published online Dec 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17265
Published online Dec 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17265
Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infection
Bruno Pozzetto, Meriam Memmi, Olivier Garraud, Xavier Roblin, Philippe Berthelot, Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes (GIMAP EA3064), Faculty of Medecine of Saint-Etienne, University of Lyon, 42023 Saint-Etienne, France
Bruno Pozzetto, Department of Infectious Agents and Hygiene, University-Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France
Olivier Garraud, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, 75015 Paris, France
Xavier Roblin, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University-Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France
Philippe Berthelot, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hygiene, University-Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France
Author contributions: Pozzetto B planned the review article and wrote the manuscript; Memmi M updated the bibliography and contributed to the writing of the manuscript; Garraud O managed the part related to blood products; Roblin X corrected the manuscript from the hepatologic and endoscopic point of view; Berthelot P gave ideas and councils in hygiene; All the co-authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Bruno Pozzetto, Professor, Department of Infectious Agents and Hygiene, University-Hospital of Saint-Etienne, CHU de Saint-Etienne, Cedex 02, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France. bruno.pozzetto@univ-st-etienne.fr
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Received: July 31, 2014
Revised: October 25, 2014
Accepted: November 18, 2014
Published online: December 14, 2014
Processing time: 139 Days and 17.2 Hours
Revised: October 25, 2014
Accepted: November 18, 2014
Published online: December 14, 2014
Processing time: 139 Days and 17.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood-borne pathogen that has a worldwide distribution and infects millions of people. Care-associated HCV infections represented a huge part of hepatitis C burden in the past via contaminated blood and unsafe injections and continue to be a serious problem of public health. The present review proposes a panorama of health care-associated HCV infections via the three mode of contamination that have been identified: (1) infected patient to non-infected patient; (2) infected patient to non-infected health care worker; and (3) infected HCW to non-infected patient.