Effect of human immunodeficiency virus on hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 690-695

  Thomas, David L ^a   Shih, James W ^b   Alter, Harvey J ^b   Vlahov, David ^b   Cohn, Sylvia ^b   Hoover, Donald R ^b   Cheung, Ling ^b   Nelson, Kenrad E ^b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0029791087     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.4.690     Document Type: Article

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