Lack of evidence for sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus in patients attending STD clinics in Pune, India [3]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 425-

  Risbud, A ^a   Pereira, M ^a   Mehendale, S ^a   Gangakhedkar, R ^a   Ghate, M ^a   Joshi, S ^a   Tripathy, S ^a   Bollinger, R ^b   Paranjape, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TATTOO; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INDIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0347906106     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.5.425     Document Type: Letter

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