Hepatitis C and HIV coinfection in central region of Argentina: Prevalence, genotype characterization and risk factors

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 423-425

  Ré, Viviana ^a,b   Gallego, Sandra ^a   Farías, Adrián ^a   Barbás, Gabriela ^a   Kremer, Luis ^a   Díaz, M Pilar ^c   Contigiani, Marta ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Epidemiology; Genotypes; HCV; HCV HIV coinfection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 52149125096     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13125639     Document Type: Article

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