Incidence of Hepatitis-C among HIV infected men who have sex with men (MSM) attending a sexual health service: A cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gamage, Deepa G ^a,b   Read, Tim R H ^a,c   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,c,d   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Howley, Kerry ^a   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,c   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; DRUG USE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DRUG USERS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551535239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-39     Document Type: Article

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