A large HCV transmission network enabled a fast-growing HIV outbreak in rural Indiana, 2015Research in context

Background: A high prevalence (92.3%) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection among HIV patients identified during a large HIV outbreak associated with injection of oxymorphone in Indiana prompted genetic analysis of HCV strains. Methods: Molecular epidemiological analysis of HCV-positive samples in...

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Main Authors: Sumathi Ramachandran, Hong Thai, Joseph C. Forbi, Romeo Regi Galang, Zoya Dimitrova, Guo-liang Xia, Yulin Lin, Lili T. Punkova, Pamela R. Pontones, Jessica Gentry, Sara J. Blosser, Judith Lovchik, William M. Switzer, Eyasu Teshale, Philip Peters, John Ward, Yury Khudyakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418304201