Shedding of hepatitis C virus in semen of human immunodeficiency virus-infected men

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Turner, Samuel S ^a   Gianella, Sara ^b   Yip, Marcus J S ^a   van Seggelen, Wouter O ^a   Gillies, Robert D ^a   Foster, Andrew L ^a   Barbati, Zachary R ^a   Smith, Davey M ^b,c   Fierer, Daniel S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus (HCV); HIV infected MSM; Semen; Sexual transmission; Shedding

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE INTERCOURSE; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84995545678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw057     Document Type: Article

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