High frequency of HIV-1 and hepatitis C co-infection among young Thai men: Evidence for a changing pattern of HIV transmission in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 580-582

  Chanbancherd, Penprapa ^a   Paris, Robert M ^b   Torugsa, Kalyanee ^b   De Souza, Mark ^b,c   Khin Saw Aye Myint, ^b   Chitpong, Anuparb ^a   Brown, Arthur E ^b  

^a Army Institute of Pathology   (Thailand)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUPERINFECTION; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0346339864     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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