Prevalence of GB virus type C viraemia in MSM with or without HIV-1 infection in Beijing, China

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2199-2209

  Liu, Z ^a   Li, L ^a   Chen, Z ^b   Xu, M ^a   Zhang, T ^a   Jiao, Y ^a   Sheng, B ^a   Chen, D ^a   Wu, H ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cohort study; GB virus C; human immunodeficiency virus type 1; men who have sex with men (MSM)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869402202     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000027     Document Type: Article

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