Transmission of HCV in HIV-positive populations

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 451-458

  Danta, Mark ^a   Rodger, Alison J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute hepatitis C; co infection; epidemiology; hepatitis C virus; HIV; transmission

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COINFECTION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 80054883053     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e32834b4974     Document Type: Review

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