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Intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis C virus in patients with hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2003
Keiserman Daniela R, Both Cristiane T, Mattos Angelo A, Remiao Jose, Alexandre Claudio O P, Sherman Kenneth E
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether hepatitis C virus (HCV)/HIV coinfection of index cases increases intrafamilial transmission (sexual and nonsexual contacts) of HCV. METHODS: We prospectively enrolled 347 subjects, including 87 family members of 53 HCV/HIV-coinfected index cases and 134 family members of 73 HCV-monoinfected index cases, which served as a control group. All index cases and...
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