Hepatitis a virus outbreak; a possible indicator of high risk sexual behavior among HIV-1 infected homosexual men

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 173-174

  Kojima, Taro ^a   Tachikawa, Natsuo ^a   Yosizawa, Sadako ^a   Yasuoka, Chie ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiko ^a   Genka, Ikumi ^a   Teruya, Katsuji ^a   Kikuchi, Yoshimi ^a   Aoki, Makoto ^a   Yasuoka, Akira ^a   Oka, Shinichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS A; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS A; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032724846     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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