Where are people being tested for anti-HCV in England? Results from sentinel laboratory surveillance

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 729-739

  Brant, L J ^a   Hurrelle, M ^b   Balogun, M A ^a   Klapper, P ^c   Ramsay, M E ^a   Jalal, Hamid ^d   Smith, Rachael ^d   Meigh, Rolf ^e   Vicca, Tony ^f   Ahmad, Ferial ^g   Ibrahim, Imad ^g   Balogun, Koye ^a   Brant, Lisa ^a   Ramsay, Mary ^a   Tweed, Emily ^a   Taylor, Clive ^h   Taylor, Jeff ^h   Boxall, Elizabeth ⁱ   Mowbray, Janet ⁱ   Hale, Antony ^j   Hurrelle, Martin ^b   Lyons, Darren ^b   Zuckerman, Mark ^k   Johnson, David ^k   Klapper, Paul ^c   Mutton, Ken ^c   Paver, Keith ^c   Turner, Andrew ^c   Irving, Will ^l   Prichett, Lisa ^l   Benge, Geoff ^m   Patel, Bharat C ^m   Silles, Josephine ^m   Ashton, Lynne ⁿ   Hart, Ian ⁿ   Ushiro Lumb, Ines ^o   Al Ghusein, Hasan ^p   Rice, Phil ^p   Hewitt, Graham ^q   Underhill, Gillian ^q   Aarons, Emma ^r   Luton, Peter ^r   Nash, James ^s   Baker, Mark ^s   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^m NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^p ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^q ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^s WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

England; Hepatitis C; Injecting drug use; Surveillance; Testing

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 52149113743     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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