Increasing incidence of acute hepatitis C in individuals diagnosed with primary HIV in the United Kingdom

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 666-668

  Fox, Julie ^a,b   Nastouli, E ^a,b   Thomson, E ^a,b   Muir, D ^a,b   McClure, Myra ^a,b   Weber, Jonathan ^a,b   Fidler, Sarah ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 43149106197     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f5f4cf     Document Type: Letter

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