Can current national surveillance systems in England and Wales monitor sexual transmission of hepatitis C among HIV-infected men who have sex with men?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dougan, Sarah ^a,b   Balogun, M Adekoyejo ^a   Elford, Jonathan ^b   Brant, Lisa J ^a   Sinka, Katy ^a   Evans, Barry G ^a   Ramsay, Mary E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WALES;

EID: 33846826557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-7     Document Type: Article

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