Hepatitis C virus among self declared non-injecting sexual partners of injecting drug users

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-66

  Roy, K M ^a   Goldberg, D J ^a   Hutchinson, S ^a,b   Cameron, S O ^c   Wilson, K ^a,c   MacDonald, L ^a,c  

^a Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Hepatitis C virus; Seroepidemiological study

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANONYMOUS TESTING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 3342901808     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20146     Document Type: Article

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