Heterosexual activity as a risk factor f
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Takeshi Utsumi; Etsuo Hashimoto; Yusuke Okumura; Makiko Takayanagi; Hiroaki Nish
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV), the major causative agent of nonβA, nonβB hepatitis, is transmitted by parenteral exposure. Transmission by sexual activity, however, is controversial. Possible behavioral risk factors for HCV infection were studied retrospectively among imprisoned men (n = 201,