High Prevalence and High Incidence of Coinfection with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Syphilis and Low Rate of Effective Vaccination against Hepatitis B in HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men with Known Date of HIV Seroconversion in Germany.

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Published in PLoS One on November 10, 2015

Authors

Klaus Jansen1, Michael Thamm1, Claus-Thomas Bock1, Ramona Scheufele1, Claudia Kücherer1, Dieter Muenstermann2, Hans-Jochen Hagedorn2, Heiko Jessen3, Stephan Dupke4, Osamah Hamouda1, Barbara Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer1, Karolin Meixenberger1, HIV Seroconverter Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
2: Labor Krone, Bad Salzuflen, Germany.
3: Medical Care Centre Jessen, Berlin, Germany.
4: Medical Care Centre Driesener Strasse, Berlin, Germany.

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