"To Share or Not to Share?" Serosorting by Hepatitis C Status in the Sharing of Drug Injection Equipment Among NHBS-IDU2 Participants | Zendy

Bryce D. Smith | Zendy; Amy Jewett | Zendy; Richard D. Burt | Zendy; Jon E. Zibbell | Zendy; Anthony Yartel | Zendy; Elizabeth DiNenno | Zendy

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"To Share or Not to Share?" Serosorting by Hepatitis C Status in the Sharing of Drug Injection Equipment Among NHBS-IDU2 Participants

Author(s) -

Bryce D. Smith,

Amy Jewett,

Richard D. Burt,

Jon E. Zibbell,

Anthony Yartel,

Elizabeth DiNenno

Publication year - 2013

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 - 10.1093/infdis/jit520

Subject(s) - drug , medicine , hepatitis c , hepatitis b , business , pharmacology , internet privacy , computer science

Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for acquiring hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are 17 000 new infections per year, mainly among PWID. This study examines injection equipment serosorting-considering HCV serostatus when deciding whether and with whom to share injection equipment.

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