The hepatitis C epidemic among HIV-positive MSM: Incidence estimates from 1990 to 2007

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1083-1091

  Van Der Helm, Jannie J ^a   Prins, Maria ^a,b   Del Amo, Julia ^c   Bucher, Heiner C ^d   Chêne, Geneviève ^e   Dorrucci, Maria ^f   Gill, John ^g   Hamouda, Osamah ^h   Sannes, Mette ⁱ   Porter, Kholoud ^j   Geskus, Ronald B ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

ⁱ ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^j MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

acute hepatitis C virus; co infection; epidemiology; HIV; incidence; MSM; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 85027944119     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283471cce     Document Type: Article

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