Trends in hepatitis C virus infections among MSM attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic; 1995-2010

AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 781-790

  Urbanus, Anouk T ^a,c,d   Van De Laar, Thijs J W ^b   Geskus, Ronald ^a,c   Vanhommerig, Joost W ^a   Van Rooijen, Martijn S ^a   Schinkel, Janke ^c   Heijman, Titia ^a,c   Coutinho, Roel A ^d,e   Prins, Maria ^a,c  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis C virus infection; HIV; MSM; Sexually transmitted infection clinic

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANAL INTERCOURSE; CHLAMYDIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREND STUDY; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 84898742636     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000126     Document Type: Review

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