Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infections in children infected with HIV

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 795-798

  Toussi, Sima Shelly ^a   Abadi, Jacobo ^b   Rosenberg, Michael ^b   Levanon, Daniela ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34548479926     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521169     Document Type: Article

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