Prevalence and sexual risk of hepatitis C virus infection when human immunodeficiency virus was acquired through sexual intercourse among patients of the Lyon University Hospitals, France, 1992-2002

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 330-332

  D'Oliveira Jr , A ^a   Voirin, N ^a   Allard, R ^b   Peyramond, D ^c   Chidiac, C ^a,c   Touraine, J L ^d   Fabry, J ^a   Trepo, C ^a   Vanhems, Philippe ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

HCV infection; Sexual intercourse; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS C; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 18344373495     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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