The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and hepatitis C virus among injection drug users who use high risk inner-city locales in Miami, Florida

The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and hepatitis C virus among injection drug users who use high risk inner-city locales in Miami, Florida

In order to estimate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection in hard-to-reach intravenous drug users, 199 subjects from high-risk inner-city locales, the so called "shooting galleries", were consented, interviewed, and tested i...

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Main Authors: Clyde B McCoy, Lisa R Metsch, Fernando Collado-Mesa, Kristopher L Arheart, Sarah E Messiah, Dolores Katz, Paul Shapshak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2004-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
hepatitis C virus
human immunodeficiency virus 1
co-infection
injection drug users
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