Hepatitis E virus coinfection in patients with HIV infection

HIV Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-88

  Keane, F E ^a   Gompels, M ^b   Bendall, R P ^a,c   Drayton, R ^a   Jennings, L ^b   Black, J ^c   Baragwanath, G ^c   Lin, N X ^d   Henley, W E ^d   Ngui, S L ^e   Ijaz, S ^e   Dalton, H R ^c  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic coinfection; Hepatitis e virus; HIV; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455223206     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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