Limited spread of hepatitis C among HIV-negative men who have sex with men in Stockholm, Sweden

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 493-495

  Blaxhult, A ^a   Samuelson, A ^b   Ask, R ^a   Hokeberg I ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

AIDS; epidemiology; HCV; hepatitis C; HIV; men who have sex with men; MSM; seroprevalence; sexually transmitted infections; STI; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900402123     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413515192     Document Type: Article

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