▲Hepatitis C outbreak astounds Spain
☉Xavier Bosch
(1998.5.9, Lancet 1998;351(9113):1415)
The recent announcement of an atypical outbreak of hepatitic C virus (HCV) has astounded Spain. On April 28, Valencia Health Department officials stated that so far 217 people who had surgery within the past year in two Valencian hospitals have been infected with HCV. The source was Juan Maeso, an anaesthetist who had been working at the hospitals—the state-run La Fe and the private centre Casa de Salud—for the past 5 years.
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