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Review Article| Volume 32, ISSUE 2, P395-405, June 2018

Understanding and Addressing Hepatitis C Virus Reinfection Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

  • Thomas C.S. Martin
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    Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0507, USA
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  • Andri Rauch
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    Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Friedbühlstrasse 53, Personalhaus 6, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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  • Luisa Salazar-Vizcaya
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    Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Friedbühlstrasse 53, Personalhaus 6, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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  • Natasha K. Martin
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    Corresponding author. Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0507.
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    Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0507, USA

    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Senate House, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK
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