High prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection among homosexual men infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1: Evidence for sexual transmission

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-127

  Nerurkar, Vivek R ^a,b   Chua, Pong K ^a   Hoffmann, Peter R ^a   Dashwood, Wan Mohaiza ^a   Shikuma, Cecilia M ^a   Yanagihara, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Leahi Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

GBV C; HCV; HGV; HIV; Homo sexual; IDU; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK-TAKING; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0031690117     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199810)56:2<123::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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