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CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
RENO, Nev. - A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was contacted by state health officials

FDA: Clinic caused hepatitis C outbreak
RENO, Nev. -- A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was contacted by state health officials

CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
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Relationship of the Genomic Complexity of Hepatitis C Virus With Liver Disease Severity and Response to Interferon in Patients With Chronic HCV Genotype 1b Infection

FIGURE 2a, Genomic Complexity of Hepatitis C Virus With Liver Disease Severity

FIGURE 2b, Genomic Complexity of Hepatitis C Virus With Liver Disease Severity

Fig. 2.   (A) PCR-SSCP analysis of cDNA from isolate A (see Fig. 1). (B) Nucleotide sequences obtained after excision from the gel of the two bands. The sequences obtained from each band differed in three to four nucleotides from the consensus sequence. Dashes represent nucleotide identity with the consensus sequence. Lane 1, molecular weight marker. R = A or G.

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