Incidence and characteristics of sexually transmitted acute hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Copenhagen, Denmark during four years (20062009): A retrospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-148

  Barfod, Toke S ^a   Omland, Lars Haukali ^a   Katzenstein, Terese L ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED ACUTE HEPATITIS C;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 78751517401     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.524660     Document Type: Article

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