Hepatitis C virus reinfection incidence and treatment outcome among HIV-positive MSM

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2551-2557

  Martin, Thomas C S ^a   Martin, Natasha K ^b,c   Hickman, Matthew ^b   Vickerman, Peter ^c   Page, Emma E ^a   Everett, Rhiannon ^a   Gazzard, Brian G ^a   Nelson, Mark ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coinfection; hepatitis C virus; HIV; reinfection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885431055     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32836381cc     Document Type: Article

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