Acute hepatitis C infection in HIV-negative men who have sex with men

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 535-538

  McFaul, K ^a   Maghlaoui, A ^a   Nzuruba, M ^a   Farnworth, S ^a   Foxton, M ^a   Anderson, M ^a,b   Nelson, M ^a   Devitt, E ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute; hepatitis C; HIV negative; men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS C; ADULT; AGED; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FISTING (SEX); GROUP SEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSERTIVE INTERCOURSE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE INTERCOURSE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNPROTECTED SEX; ACUTE DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; COINFECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930504311     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12366     Document Type: Article

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