Hepatitis C virus infections in the swiss HIV cohort study: A rapidly evolving epidemic

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1408-1416

  Wandeler, Gilles ^a   Gsponer, Thomas ^a   Bregenzer, Andrea ^b   Günthard, Huldrych F ^c   Clerc, Olivier ^d   Calmy, Alexandra ^e   Stöckle, Marcel ^f   Bernasconi, Enos ^g   Furrer, Hansjakob ^a   Rauch, Andri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84868032525     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis694     Document Type: Article

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