Outbreak of syphilis, but not of acute hepatitis C, among HIV-infected homosexual men in Madrid

HIV Clinical Trials

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-101

  Ruiz Sancho, Andrés ^a   Barreiro, Pablo ^a   Castellares, Carol ^a   Labarga, Pablo ^a   Ramos, Belen ^a   Garcia Samaniego, Javier ^a   Gutiérrez, Mayte ^a   Soriano, Vincent ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis C; HIV; Prevention; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPAIN; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SPAIN; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 34250742751     PISSN: 15284336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hct0802-98     Document Type: Article

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