Shedding of Hepatitis C Virus Into the Rectum of HIV-infected Men Who Have Sex With Men
Author(s) -
Andrew L. Foster,
Michael Gaisa,
Rosanne M Hijdra,
Samuel S. Turner,
T Morey,
Karen B. Jacobson,
Daniel S. Fierer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw740
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , rectum , hepatitis c virus , viral shedding , transmission (telecommunications) , sexual transmission , penis , hepatitis c , virology , viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , anal intercourse , immunology , virus , syphilis , surgery , microbicide , electrical engineering , engineering
For over a decade we have known of an epidemic of sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men who have sex with men (MSM), but there still remains significant controversy over which bodily fluid(s) are responsible for HCV transmission in these men.
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