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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 (London, England) - 11 May 2007
Danta Mark, Brown David, Bhagani Sanjay, Pybus Oliver G, Sabin Caroline A, Nelson Mark, Fisher Martin, Johnson Anne M, Dusheiko Geoffrey M
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OBJECTIVE: To characterize the mode of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in a recent epidemic of acute HCV in HIV-infected individuals using linked molecular and clinical epidemiological studies. DESIGN: Individuals diagnosed with acute HCV between 1999 and 2005 at three urban HIV units in the UK were enrolled into a phylogenetic and case-control study. Phylogenetic trees were constructed from the amplified...
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