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Recent epidemic of acute hepatitis C virus in HIV-positive men who have sex with men linked to high-risk sexual behaviours

AIDS · 2007 · Vol. 21(8) · pp. 983–991

Mark Danta✉(University College London)David J. Brown(University College London)Sanjay Bhagani(British HIV Association)Oliver G. Pybus(University of Oxford)Caroline Sabin(University College London)Mark Nelson(Chelsea and Westminster Hospital)Martin Fisher(University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust)Margaret Johnson(University College London)Geoffrey Dusheiko(University College London)

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Abstract

The identified co-circulating HCV lineages belong to different subtypes and genotypes, implying that rather than viral change, the epidemic is due to permucosal transmission factors that should be the focus of public health interventions.

Hepatitis C virus research HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment HIV Research and TreatmentOdds ratioSexual transmissionMen who have sex with menMedicineEpidemiologyTransmission (telecommunications)PopulationHepatitis C virusConfidence intervalCase-control study

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Acute DiseaseAdultDisease OutbreaksEnglandGenotypeHepatitis CHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhylogenyRisk FactorsRisk-TakingHIV InfectionsCase-Control StudiesHepacivirus

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