Prevalence of risk factors for hepatitis C virus in HIV-infected and HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 367-370

  Bollepalli, Srigayatri ^a   Mathieson, Kathleen ^a   Bay, Curt ^a   Hillier, Amy ^a   Post, John ^a   Van Thiel, David H ^b   Nadir, Abdul ^a,c  

^a MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Luke's Hospital Milwaukee   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; TOOTHBRUSH; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249287714     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000240295.35457.b1     Document Type: Article

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