Acute hepatitis C outbreak among HIV-infected men,Madrid, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1560-1562

  Montoya Ferrer, Ana ^a   Fierer, Daniel Seth ^b   Alvarez Alvarez, Beatriz ^a   de Gorgolas, Miguel ^a   Fernandez Guerrero, Manuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPAIN;

EID: 79960851216     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1708.110147     Document Type: Letter

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