Stabilizing incidence of hepatitis c virus infection among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Vanhommerig, Joost W ^a,b   Stolte, Ineke G ^a   Lambers, Femke A E ^a   Geskus, Ronald B ^a,b   Van De Laar, Thijs J W ^c   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a   Schinkel, Janke ^b   Prins, Maria ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84904459202     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000208     Document Type: Letter

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