Dual sexual and drug-related predictors of hepatitis C incidence among sex workers in a Canadian setting: gaps and opportunities for scale-up of hepatitis C virus prevention, treatment, and care | Zendy

Shira M. Goldenberg | Zendy; Joan Montaner | Zendy; Melissa Braschel | Zendy; M. Eugenia Socías | Zendy; Silvia Guillemi | Zendy; Kate Shan | Zendy

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Dual sexual and drug-related predictors of hepatitis C incidence among sex workers in a Canadian setting: gaps and opportunities for scale-up of hepatitis C virus prevention, treatment, and care

Author(s) -

Shira M. Goldenberg,

Joan Montaner,

Melissa Braschel,

M. Eugenia Socías,

Silvia Guillemi,

Kate Shan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.12.019

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , men who have sex with men , hepatitis c , scale (ratio) , drug treatment , drug , hepatitis , demography , family medicine , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pharmacology , syphilis , geography , cartography , physics , sociology , optics

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally. While sex workers may face elevated HCV risks through both drug and sexual pathways, incidence data among sex workers are severely lacking. HCV incidence and predictors of HCV seroconversion among women sex workers in Vancouver, BC were characterized in this study.

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