Brief communication: Sewer workers: Occupational risk for hepatitis C - Report of two cases and review of literature

Authors
Brautbar, N Navizadeh, N
Citation
N. Brautbar et N. Navizadeh, Brief communication: Sewer workers: Occupational risk for hepatitis C - Report of two cases and review of literature, ARCH ENV HE, 54(5), 1999, pp. 328-330
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology,"Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ISSN journal
00039896 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
328 - 330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9896(199909/10)54:5<328:BCSWOR>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Two sewer workers contracted hepatitis C. The epidemiological literature in which sewer-contaminated water is described as a known vector for outbreak s of hepatitis C, as well as the specific occupational history of the two p atients described here, suggest that sewer workers may be at increased risk of contracting hepatitis C.