Phylogenetic analysis of acute hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infections among human immunodefciency virus-positive men who have sex with men in Germany

Liver International

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1169-1172

  Vogel, Martin ^a   van de Laar, Thijs ^b   Kupfer, Bernd ^a   Stellbrink, Hans Jürgen ^c   Kümmerle, Tim ^d   Mauss, Stefan ^e   Knecht, Gaby ^f   Berger, Annemarie ^g   Bruisten, Sylvia ^b   Rockstroh, Jürgen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c Infektionsmedizinisches Centrum Hamburg   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e Center for HIV and Hepatogastroenterology   (Germany)

^f Infektiologikum Frankfurt   (Germany)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute HCV; HIV; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Sexual transmission; Sexual transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GERMANY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 79951669093     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02305.x     Document Type: Article

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