Higher prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies among HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative inhabitants of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-17

  Ayele, Workenesh ^a   Nokes, D James ^b   Abebe, Almaz ^a   Messele, Tsehaynesh ^a   Dejene, Amare ^a   Enquselassie, Fikre ^c   Rinke De Wit, Tobias F ^d   Fontanet, Arnaud L ^d,e  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP   (Ethiopia)

^e MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Epidemiology; Hepatitis C; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0036021182     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10164     Document Type: Article

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