Beyond injecting drug use: Investigation of a Victorian cluster of hepatitis C among HIV-infected men who have sex with men

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 210-214

  Mahony, Andrew A ^a,b   Donnan, Ellen J ^b   Lester, Rosemary A ^b   Doyle, Joseph S ^c,d   Knox, James ^c   Tracy, Samantha L ^c   Bowden, Scott ^c   Sasadeusz, Joseph J ^c,e  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONTACT TRACING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84874639141     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10556     Document Type: Article

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