High Risk HPV Contamination of Endocavity Vaginal Ultrasound Probes: An Underestimated Route of Nosocomial Infection?

Jean-sebastien Casalegno; Karine Le Bail Carval; Daniel Eibach; Marie-Laure Valdeyron; Gery Lamblin; Hervé Jacquemoud; Georges Mellier; Bruno Lina; Pascal Gaucherand; Patrice Mathevet; Yahia Mekki

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048137

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High Risk HPV Contamination of Endocavity Vaginal Ultrasound Probes: An Underestimated Route of Nosocomial Infection?

Jean-sebastien Casalegno ,

* E-mail: jean-sebastien.casalegno@chu-lyon.fr (JSC); yahia.mekki@chu-lyon.fr (YM)

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Karine Le Bail Carval,

Affiliation Gynecology Obstetrics Departement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Daniel Eibach,

Affiliations Laboratory of Virology, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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Marie-Laure Valdeyron,

Affiliation Preventive Medecine Departement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Gery Lamblin,

Affiliation Gynecology Obstetrics Departement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Hervé Jacquemoud,

Affiliation Technical Support Departement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Georges Mellier,

Affiliation Gynecology Obstetrics Departement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Bruno Lina,

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Pascal Gaucherand,

Affiliation Gynecology Obstetrics Departement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Patrice Mathevet,

Affiliation Gynecology Obstetrics Departement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Yahia Mekki

* E-mail: jean-sebastien.casalegno@chu-lyon.fr (JSC); yahia.mekki@chu-lyon.fr (YM)

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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High Risk HPV Contamination of Endocavity Vaginal Ultrasound Probes: An Underestimated Route of Nosocomial Infection?

Jean-sebastien Casalegno,
Karine Le Bail Carval,
Daniel Eibach,
Marie-Laure Valdeyron,
Gery Lamblin,
Hervé Jacquemoud,
Georges Mellier,
Bruno Lina,
Pascal Gaucherand,
Patrice Mathevet

Published: October 24, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048137

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