Hepatitis C testing in sexual health services in England, 2002-7: Results from sentinel surveillance

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-130

  Tweed, Emily ^e   Brant, Lisa ^e   Hurrelle, Martin ^k   Klapper, Paul ^e,k   Ramsay, Mary ^e   Jalal, Hamid ^a   Smith, Rachael ^a   Meigh, Rolf ^b   Vicca, Tony ^c   Ahmad, Ferial ^d   Ibrahim, Imad ^d   Balogun, Koye ^e   Valappil, Manoj ^f   Taylor, Clive ^f   Taylor, Jeff ^f   Boxall, Elizabeth ^g   Mowbray, Janet ^g   Hale, Antony ^h   Lyons, Darren ⁱ   Zuckerman, Mark ^j   Johnson, David ^j   Mutton, Ken ^k   Paver, Keith ^k   Turner, Andrew ^k   Irving, Will ^l   Pritchett, Lisa ^l   Benge, Geoff ^m   Patel, Bharat C ^m   Silles, Josephine ^m   Ashton, Lynne ⁿ   Hart, Ian ⁿ   Oliver, Tony ^o   Al Ghusein, Hasan ^p   Hewitt, Graham ^q   Aarons, Emma ^r   Luton, Peter ^r   Nash, James ^s   Baker, Mark ^s   more..

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^l QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^m NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^p ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^q ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^s WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VENEREOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950136787     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.036590     Document Type: Article

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