A comparison of seminal hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels during recent and chronic HCV infection in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 736-743

  Bradshaw, Daniel ^a,d   Lamoury, Francois ^a   Catlett, Beth ^c   Applegate, Tanya L ^a   McAllister, John ^c   Dore, Gregory J ^a   Matthews, Gail V ^a   Danta, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Semen; Sexual transmission of HCV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; HEPACIVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SPERM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BLOOD; COHORT STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84938988767     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu550     Document Type: Article

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