Unexpectedly high proportion of drug users and men having sex with men who develop chronic hepatitis B infection

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-533

  Houdt, Robin Van ^a   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a,b   Speksnijder, Arjen G C L ^a   Prins, Maria ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrier rate; DU; Hepatitis B; MSM

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COINFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84865109145     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.04.030     Document Type: Article

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