Social Structural and Behavioral Underpinnings of Hyperendemic Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in Drug Injectors
Author(s) -
Devon D. Brewer,
Holly Hagan,
Daniel G. Sullivan,
Stephen Q. Muth,
Eileen S. Hough,
Nathan Feuerborn,
David R. Gretch
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/505585
Subject(s) - needle sharing , injection drug use , transmission (telecommunications) , seroconversion , hepatitis c virus , medicine , virology , drug injection , hepatitis c , drug , virus , immunology , psychiatry , telecommunications , syphilis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , computer science , condom
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is hyperendemic in drug injectors, yet social structural and behavioral factors underlying transmission are not well established.
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