Gaining greater insight into HCV emergence in HIV-infected men who have sex with men: The hepaig study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Larsen, Christine ^a   Chaix, Marie Laure ^b   Strat, Yann ^a   Velter, Annie ^a   Gervais, Anne ^c   Aupérin, Isabelle ^d   Alric, Laurent ^e   Duval, Xavier ^c   Miailhes, Patrick ^f   Pioche, Corinne ^a   Pol, Stanislas ^b   Piroth, Lionel ^g   Delarocque Astagneau, Elisabeth ^a,h  

^a National Institute of Public Health Surveillance (InVS)   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Internal Medicine Department   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^f CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; RECREATIONAL DRUG; VIRUS RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISTING (SEX); FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOMOSEXUALITY; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84055216974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029322     Document Type: Article

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