Hepatitis C in men who have sex with men in London - a community survey

HIV Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 578-580

  Price, Huw ^a   Gilson, R ^a   Mercey, D ^a   Copas, A ^a   Parry, J ^b   Nardone, A ^b   Johnson, A ^a   Hart, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community survey; Hepatitis C; HIV; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

COMMUNITY SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HIV; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SAFE SEX; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883449869     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12050     Document Type: Article

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