Hepatitis C — Worldwide/Unknown
A local outbreak of hepatitis C virus infection has occurred in Gdansk, Poland. The outbreak has been linked to a private medical clinic performing radiological imaging. In the middle of January 2013, 3 patients were hospitalized in the Regional Hospital of Infectious Diseases with the diagnosis of acute hepatitis C.
It was revealed that all 3 had undergone CT scans with contrast administration on 5 Nov 2012, all in the same private medical imaging facility.
The case was referred to the
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