Social determinants and risk behaviors associated with prevalent Hepatitis C and HIV/HCV co-infection among male injection drug users in Nepal

Social determinants and risk behaviors associated with prevalent Hepatitis C and HIV/HCV co-infection among male injection drug users in Nepal

Abstract Background Nepal is facing double burden of injecting drug use and HIV, yet the problem of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) has not been so well addressed, where there is large population known to be at risk for HCV. This study assessed the prevalence of HCV infection and HIV/HCV co-infection among...

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Main Authors: Sampurna Kakchapati, Manju Maharjan, Bir Bahadhur Rawal, Sameer Mani Dixit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
Subjects:
Hepatitis C
HIV
IBBS
Drug users
Nepal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13690-017-0206-8

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