The Burgeoning HIV/HCV Syndemic in the Urban Northeast: HCV, HIV, and HIV/HCV Coinfection in an Urban Setting

Jamie P. Morano; Britton A. Gibson; Frederick L. Altice

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064321

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The Burgeoning HIV/HCV Syndemic in the Urban Northeast: HCV, HIV, and HIV/HCV Coinfection in an Urban Setting

Jamie P. Morano ,

* E-mail: jpmorano@alumni.princeton.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Britton A. Gibson,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Frederick L. Altice

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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The Burgeoning HIV/HCV Syndemic in the Urban Northeast: HCV, HIV, and HIV/HCV Coinfection in an Urban Setting

Jamie P. Morano,
Britton A. Gibson,
Frederick L. Altice

Published: May 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064321

About the Authors

Jamie P. Morano

* E-mail: jpmorano@alumni.princeton.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Britton A. Gibson

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Frederick L. Altice

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

JPM, BAG, and FLA have declared that no competing interests exist. The authors adhere to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAG JPM FLA. Performed the experiments: JPM BAG. Analyzed the data: JPM BAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPM BAG FLA. Wrote the paper: JPM FLA BAG. Performed the geographical spatial analysis: BAG.

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