Psychiatric behavioral aspects of comanagement of hepatitis C virus and HIV
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Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Coinfection With HIV and Hepatitis C Virus
In the United States, an estimated 150,000 to 300,000 people are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), representing about 15% to 30% of all persons living with HIV infection1,2 and 70% to 90% of injection drug users.1 The longer life expectancy of HIV-infected persons since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy has highlighted the effect of chronic hepatitis C, which ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current HIV/AIDS Reports
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1548-3568,1548-3576
DOI: 10.1007/s11904-006-0013-2