Effects of duration of injection drug use and age at first injection on HCV among IDU in Kabul, Afghanistan | Zendy

Christian T. Bautista | Zendy; Charles S. Todd | Zendy; Abdullah M. S. Abed | Zendy; B. A. M. Botros | Zendy; Steffanie A. Strathdee | Zendy; Kenneth C. Earhart | Zendy; Naqibullah Safi | Zendy; Paul T. Scott | Zendy

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Effects of duration of injection drug use and age at first injection on HCV among IDU in Kabul, Afghanistan

Author(s) -

Christian T. Bautista,

Charles S. Todd,

Abdullah M. S. Abed,

B. A. M. Botros,

Steffanie A. Strathdee,

Kenneth C. Earhart,

Naqibullah Safi,

Paul T. Scott

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdq020

Subject(s) - medicine , drug injection , odds ratio , injection drug use , confidence interval , hepatitis c virus , logistic regression , hepatitis c , drug , young adult , epidemiology , demography , immunology , pharmacology , virus , sociology

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence is high among injection drug users (IDUs) in Afghanistan. Duration of injection and young age at first injection are common risk factors for HCV in IDU populations. The association of HCV with these time factors was analyzed.

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