Hepatitis C seroconversions in HIV infection across Europe: Which regions and patient groups are affected?

Liver International

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2384-2391

  Boesecke, Christoph ^a   Grint, Daniel ^b   Soriano, Vincent ^c   Lundgren, Jens D ^d   d'Arminio Monforte, Antonella ^e   Mitsura, Victor M ^f   Chentsova, Nelly ^g   Hadziosmanovic, Vesnadarjan ^h   Kirk, Ole ^d   Mocroft, Amanda ^b   Peters, Lars ^d   Rockstroh, Jürgen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^e Istituto di Clinica Malattie Infettive e Tropicale   (Italy)

^f GOMEL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^g Kiev Centre for AIDS   (Ukraine)

^h Klinicki Centar Univerziteta Sarajevo   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

HIV; MSM; PWID; Acute hepatitis C; EuroSIDA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; SEROCONVERSION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; HEPACIVIRUS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG USERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 84945444497     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12848     Document Type: Article

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