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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C in HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney, Australia
Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C in HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney, Australia
dc.contributor.author | Jin, F | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Prestage, Garrett | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kippax, Susan | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kaldor, John | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Dore, Gregory | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Grulich, Andrew | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-25T15:01:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-25T15:01:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C (HCV) in HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney. Methods: A cohort study was conducted in a sample of community-based, HIV-negative, homosexual men in Sydney. Participants underwent a face-to-face interview regarding sexual behaviour, sexually transmissible infections, and injecting drug use (IDU). Results: Eight hundred and twenty-four men consented to HCV testing, and the prevalence was 0.85% (95% CI 0.34-1.74). HCV seropositivity was strongly associated with a history of IDU (OR=60.43, 95% CI 6.70-544.79). All HCV seropositive individuals reported a history of either IDU or other means by which they may have had parenteral exposure to HCV. There was no evidence of an independent association between sexual behaviour and HCV infection. Conclusion: The prevalence of HCV in this cohort was about the same as in the general population in Australia, and there was no evidence for sexual transmission in this population. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1326-0200 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/44079 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ | en_US |
dc.source | Legacy MARC | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C in HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney, Australia | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dcterms.accessRights | metadata only access | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | en_US |
unsw.accessRights.uri | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb | |
unsw.description.notePublic | Project: Health in Men (HIM) cohort study | en_US |
unsw.relation.faculty | Medicine & Health | |
unsw.relation.faculty | Arts Design & Architecture | |
unsw.relation.ispartofissue | 6 | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto | 536-539 | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume | 29 | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Jin, F, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Prestage, Garrett, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Kippax, Susan, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Kaldor, John, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Dore, Gregory, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Grulich, Andrew, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.school | The Kirby Institute | * |
unsw.relation.school | Centre for Social Research in Health | * |