Open AccessHIV Prevention Trials Network 078: High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Antibodies Among Urban US Men Who Have Sex With Men, Independent of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Status
Author(s) -
Risha Irvin,
Theresa Gamble,
Jowanna Malone,
Zhe Wang,
Ethan Wilson,
James P. Hughes,
Jason E. Farley,
Kenneth H. Mayer,
Carlos del Rı́o,
D. Scott Batey,
Vanessa Cummings,
Robert H. Remien,
Chris Beyrer,
Chloe L. Thio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1869
Subject(s) - men who have sex with men , medicine , interquartile range , odds ratio , hepatitis c virus , immunology , sexual transmission , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis c , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , syphilis , microbicide , electrical engineering , engineering
Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is uncommon, yet documented among men who have sex with men (MSM), primarily among those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).