Incident hepatitis C virus infection in men who have sex with men: A prospective cohort analysis, 1984-2011

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-84

  Witt, Mallory D ^a,b   Seaberg, Eric C ^c   Darilay, Annie ^c   Young, Stephen ^d,e   Badri, Sheila ^f   Rinaldo, Charles R ^g   Jacobson, Lisa P ^c   Detels, Roger ^h   Thio, Chloe L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TriCore Reference Laboratory   (United States)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

incident HCV; MSM; sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; UNPROTECTED SEX;

INCIDENT HCV; MSM; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878879884     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit197     Document Type: Article

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