Hepatitis C transmission in young people who inject drugs: Insights using a dynamic model informed by state public health surveillance

Increasing injection of heroin and prescription opioids have led to increases in the incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in US young adults since the early 2000s. How best to interrupt transmission and decrease HCV prevalence in young people who inject drugs (PWID) is uncertain.We develo...

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Main Authors: Rachel E. Gicquelais, Betsy Foxman, Joseph Coyle, Marisa C. Eisenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Epidemics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436518301038