Spontaneous clearance of the Hepatitis C virus among men who have sex with men

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1381-1388

  Seaberg, Eric C ^a   Witt, Mallory D ^b,c   Jacobson, Lisa P ^a   Detels, Roger ^d   Rinaldo, Charles R ^e   Margolick, Joseph B ^a   Young, Stephen ^f   Phair, John P ^g   Thio, Chloe L ^h  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis C virus; HIV; IL28B; injection drug use; MSM

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRAL CLEARANCE; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946717346     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ562     Document Type: Article

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