Ongoing transmission of a single hepatitis B virus strain among men having sex with men in Amsterdam

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Van Houdt, R ^a   Bruisten, S M ^a,b   Geskus, R B ^a,b   Bakker, M ^b   Wolthers, K C ^b   Prins, M ^a,b   Coutinho, R A ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HBV and HIV incidence; Hepatitis B; Men having sex with men; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049114121     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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