Hepatitis C transmission and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis after needle- and syringe-sharing in Australian prisons

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 546-549

  O'Sullivan, Belinda G ^b   Levy, Michael H ^c   Dolan, Kate A ^d   Post, Jeffrey J ^e   Barton, Sharon G ^c   Dwyer, Dominic E ^f   Kaldor, John M ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c Department of Communities and Justice   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; LAMIVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRISON; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038378937     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05356.x     Document Type: Article

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