Incidence of HCV and sexually transmitted diseases among HIV positive MSM in antwerp, Belgium, 2001-2011

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 421-426

  Apers, L ^a   Koole, O ^a   Bottieau, E ^a   Vandenbruaene, M ^a   Ophoff, D ^a   Van Esbroeck, M ^a   Crucitti, T ^a   Florence, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Co infecton; HCV; HIV; MSM; STI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATIENT COUNSELING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS LOAD; COMPLICATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84901494340     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/ACB.3315     Document Type: Article

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