Increased numbers of acute hepatitis C infections in HIV positive homosexual men; is sexual transmission feeding the increase? [4]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 326-327

  Browne, R ^a   Asboe, D ^a   Gilleece, Y ^a   Atkins, M ^a   Mandalia, S ^a   Gazzard, B ^a   Nelson, M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 4043155635     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.008532     Document Type: Letter

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