Acute hepatitis C infection with evidence of heterosexual transmission

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Nguyen, Oanh ^a   Sheppeard, Vicky ^a   Douglas, Mark W ^b   Tu, Elise ^c   Rawlinson, William ^c  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Injecting drug use; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 77955658124     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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