Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in individuals infected with the HIV

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 460-467

  Wolff, F H ^a   Fuchs, S C ^a   Barcellos, N T ^a,b   Falavigna, M ^a   Cohen, M ^c   Brandao A B M ^a,d   Fuchs, F D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Hosp Sanat Partenon   (Brazil)

^c Centre for AIDS Studies of Rio Grande do Sul (Centro de Estudos em AIDS do Rio Grande do Sul CEARG   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Co infection; HCV; HIV; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTOR; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42649145426     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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