Initial presentation of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among HIV- negative and HIV-positive individuals-experience from 2 large German networks on the study of acute HCV infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-319

  Vogel, Martin ^a,f   Deterding, Katja ^b   Wiegand, Johannes ^c   Griiner, Norbert H ^d   Baumgarten, Axel ^e   Jung, Maria Christina ^d   Manns, Michael P ^b   Wedemeyer, Heiner ^b   Rockstro, Jürgen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Practice Dupke/Carganico/Baumgarten   (Germany)

^f Immunologische Ambulanz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67651085106     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600058     Document Type: Letter

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