Risk factors for HCV acquisition among HIV-positive MSM in Belgium

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 585-593

  Apers, Ludwig ^a   Vanden Berghe, Wim ^a   De Wit, Stéphane ^b   Kabeya, Kabamba ^b   Callens, Steven ^c   Buyze, Jozefien ^a   Kenyon, Christopher ^a   Florence, Eric ^a   Buvé, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

hepatitis C; HIV infection; MSM; risk factors; sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISTING (SEX); FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; COMPLICATION; LAVAGE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84925134485     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000528     Document Type: Article

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