NEVADA

NEVADA
40,000 possible contamination with the AIDS virus and hepatitis B and C


The health authorities of the United States have launched an information campaign towards patients who were allegedly operated at a clinic in Las Vegas between March 2004 and January 2008
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Health authorities Nevada (west) have launched an information campaign targeting 40,000 people potentially contaminated with hepatitis B or C and AIDS at a clinic in Las Vegas, it was learned Thursday, February 28, official sources.
"The Department of Health of southern Nevada has announced that it warned about 40,000 patients to a clinic in the potential exposure to hepatitis C, as a result of an investigation into several cases of this acute disease," said this administration in a statement.

A property located in Las Vegas

The property in question is located in Las Vegas, the largest city in the south of the state.
The notification aims "of the patients operated in the clinic between March 2004 and January 11, 2008," according to public health officials who recommend these persons to contact their doctor to undergo tests for hepatitis C, hepatitis B and HIV, the AIDS virus, according to the same source