Incidence and determinants of hepatitis C virus infection among individuals at risk of sexually transmitted diseases attending a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 testing program

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 533-537

  Giuliani, Massimo ^a   Caprilli, Federico ^b   Gentili, Giulio ^b   Maini, Antonio ^b   Lepri, Alessandro Cozzi ^a   Prignano, Grazia ^b   Palamara, Guido ^b   Giglio, Amalia ^b   Crescimbeni, Ercole ^b   Rezza, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DRUG USE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; ROME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030711729     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199710000-00007     Document Type: Article

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