Acute hepatitis C infection in HIV-positive patients

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Vogel, Martin ^a   Boesecke, Christoph ^a   Rockstroh, Jürgen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

acute hepatitis C virus; HIV; interferon; natural course; transmission risk

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A PLUS RIBAVIRIN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B PLUS RIBAVIRIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; RIBAVIRIN; SILDENAFIL; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751538863     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3283422e09     Document Type: Article

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