Hepatitis viruses and HIV infection in the Naples area

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Filippini, Pietro ^a   Coppola, Nicola ^a   Scolastico, Carlo ^a   Rossi, Giovanni ^a   Battaglia, Martina ^a   Onofrio, Mirella ^a   Pisapia, Raffaella ^a   Marrocco, Cecilia ^a   Sagnelli, Caterina ^a   Piccinino, Felice ^a   Sagnelli, Evangelista ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; HBV; HCV; HDV; HIV; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 10744225466     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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