Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus between HIV infected subjects and their main heterosexual partners

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Alipour, Abbas ^a   Rezaianzadeh, Abbas ^b   Hasanzadeh, Jafar ^b   Rajaeefard, Abdorreza ^b   Davarpanah, Mohammad Ali ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis c virus; Hiv; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM USE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TATTOOING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84887474489     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.13593     Document Type: Article

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