Prevalent and incident hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-Infected men who have sex with men engaged in primary care in a boston community health center

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1480-1487

  Garg, Shikha ^a,b   Taylor, Lynn E ^b   Grasso, Chris ^c   Mayer, Kenneth H ^c,d,e  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis C virus; HIV; incidence; men who have sex with men; screening

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84877258052     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit054     Document Type: Article

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