Hepatitis C virus infection status and associated factors among a multi-site sample of people who used illicit drugs in the Amazon region

Hepatitis C virus infection status and associated factors among a multi-site sample of people who used illicit drugs in the Amazon region

Abstract Background Elevated rates of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection have been reported in epidemiological studies with people who used illicit drugs (PWUIDs) in different Brazilian regions. In Brazil’s Amazon region, studies have already identified the common use of illicit drugs among adolescen...

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Main Authors: Aldemir B. Oliveira-Filho, Francisco Junior A. Santos, Fabricio Quaresma Silva, Nairis Costa Raiol, Camila Carla S. Costa, Juliana Nadia F. Piauiense, Luisa Caricio Martins, Yasmin Maria N. Cardoso, Jeruza Ferraz F. Di Miceli, Rafael Lima Resque, Gláucia C. Silva-Oliveira, Luiz Marcelo L. Pinheiro, Luiz Fernando A. Machado, João Renato R. Pinho, José Alexandre R. Lemos, Emil Kupek, Benedikt Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HCV
Epidemiology
Spontaneous clearance
People who used illicit drugs
Brazil
Amazon
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4270-2

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