Increasing incidence of recent hepatitis C virus infection among persons seeking voluntary counselling and testing for HIV and sexually transmitted infections in Taiwan

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Tsai, Jen Chih ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^b   Chang, Sui Yuan ^b,c   Liu, Wen Chun ^b   Wu, Cheng Hsin ^b   Su, Yi Ching ^b   Wu, Pei Ying ^b   Luo, Yu Zhen ^b   Chang, Lan Hsin ^b   Sun, Hsin Yun ^b   Chang, Shan Chwen ^b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; TAIWAN; VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING SERVICE; COMPLICATION; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84945566728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008406     Document Type: Article

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