The spectrum of undiagnosed hepatitis C virus infection in a US HIV clinic

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-9

  Taylor, Lynn E ^a,b   Foont, Julie A ^a   Delong, Allison K ^a   Wurcel, Alysse ^c   Linas, Benjamin P ^d,e   Chapman, Stacey ^b   Maynard, Michaela A ^b   Cu Uvin, Susan ^a,b   Mayer, Kenneth H ^e,f,g  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; PHYSICIAN; RESCREENING; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS LOAD; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892647900     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2013.0130     Document Type: Article

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