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Acupuncture Needles Can Carry Hepatitis C Virus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

M. A. Lemos Jr ,
J. B. G. Silva ,
A. C. S. Braga ,
B. M. Carneiro ,
P. Rahal  and
R. C. M. A. Silva
M. A. Lemos Jr
Affiliation:
Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
J. B. G. Silva
Affiliation:
Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
A. C. S. Braga
Affiliation:
State University of São Paulo, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
B. M. Carneiro
Affiliation:
State University of São Paulo, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
P. Rahal
Affiliation:
State University of São Paulo, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
R. C. M. A. Silva*
Affiliation:
Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
*
3147 CEP 15015–770, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil (jbguerreiro@gmail.com).
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 10 , October 2014 , pp. 1319 - 1321
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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