Hepatitis C among methadone maintenance treatment patients in Shanghai and Kunming, China | Zendy

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Hepatitis C among methadone maintenance treatment patients in Shanghai and Kunming, China

Author(s) -

YihIng Hser,

Jiang Du,

J. Li,

M. Zhao,

YuShan Chang,

CHUN-YU PENG,

Elizabeth Evans

Publication year - 2011

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/fdr098

Subject(s) - serostatus , methadone maintenance , hepatitis c , medicine , methadone , hepatitis c virus , china , environmental health , public health , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , psychiatry , viral load , geography , nursing , archaeology

This study aims to: (1) document the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients in Kunming and Shanghai; (2) examine risk factors for HCV by comparing those who tested positive with those who were negative and (3) examine if HCV serostatus is related to attitudes toward MMT.

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