Increase in HCV incidence among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam most likely caused by sexual transmission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Van De Laar, Thijs J W ^a,f   Van Der Bij, Akke K ^a   Prins, Maria ^a   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a   Brinkman, Kees ^b   Ruys, Thomas A ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan T M ^a   De Vries, Henry J C ^a   Mulder, Jan Willem ^c   Van Agtmael, Michiel ^d   Jurriaans, Suzanne ^a   Wolthers, Katja C ^a   Coutinho, Roel A ^a,e  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f Health Service Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 34447256784     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518796     Document Type: Article

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