Prevalent and incident hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected men who have sex with men engaged in primary care in a Boston community health center.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on February 05, 2013

Authors

Shikha Garg1, Lynn E Taylor, Chris Grasso, Kenneth H Mayer

Author Affiliations

1: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. shikhagarg75@yahoo.com

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