Patterns and characteristics of hepatitis C transmission clusters among HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals in the Australian trial in acute hepatitis C

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 803-811

  Matthews, G V ^a   Pham, S T ^b   Hellard, M ^a   Grebely, J ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Oon, A ^b   Marks, P ^a   Van Beek, I ^b   Rawlinson, W ^c   Kaldor, J M ^a   Lloyd, A ^d   Dore, G J ^a   White, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 79953735675     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq200     Document Type: Article

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