Factors associated with prevalent hepatitis C infection among HIV-infected women with No reported history of injection drug use: The women's interagency HIV study (WIHS)

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 915-923

  Frederick, Toni ^a   Burian, Pamela ^b   Terrault, Norah ^d   Cohen, Mardge ^e   Augenbraun, Michael ^f   Young, Mary ^g   Seaberg, Eric ^h   Justman, Jessica ⁱ   Levine, Alexandra M ^b   MacK, Wendy J ^c   Kovacs, Andrea ^a  

^a Maternal Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 72849118507     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0111     Document Type: Article

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