Increase in diagnosed newly acquired hepatitis C in HIV-positive men who have sex with men across London and Brighton, 2002-2006: Is this an outbreak?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-115

  Giraudon, I ^a   Ruf, M ^a   Maguire, H ^a,b   Charlett, A ^a   Ncube, F ^a   Turner, J ^c   Gilson, R ^c   Fisher, M ^d   Bhagani, S ^e   Johnson, M ^f   Barton, S ^g  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UK   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f BHIVA Secretariat Mediscript Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; HEPATITIS C; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 41849116696     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.027334     Document Type: Article

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