High seroprevalence but low incidence of HCV infection in a cohort of patients with sexually transmitted HIV in Andalusia, Spain

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Palacios, Rosario ^a   Mata, Rosario ^b   Aguilar, Isabel ^a   Muñoz, Leopoldo ^c   Ríos, M José ^d   Vergara, Salvador ^e   Rivero, Antonio ^f   Merino, Dolores ^g   López Cortés, Luis F ^b   Peña, Alejandro ^c   Santos, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

HCV infection; HIV infection; sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPAIN; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SPAIN;

EID: 66149192680     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109709331474     Document Type: Article

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