AASLD: HCV Now an STD in New York (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 11/04/2009 - 13:52

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- HIV-infected men in New York City are facing a new threat, researchers said here -- a new form of hepatitis C virus (HCV) that rapidly damages the liver and is transmitted primarily through sex with other men.


 

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