Exposure source prevalence is associated with gender in hepatitis C virus patients from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Exposure source prevalence is associated with gender in hepatitis C virus patients from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a worldwide public health problem. A characterisation of the differences in exposure sources among genders will enable improvements in surveillance actions. METHODS Exposure data were obtained for 1180 confirmed HCV cases Brazil’s mandatory reportin...

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Main Authors: Daniele Blasquez Olmedo, Patrícia Marraccini Precioso, António Lugdero-Correia, Guida da Silva, Angela Maria Guimarães dos Santos, Luís Cristóvão Pôrto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
risk behaviour
transmission
hepatitis C
epidemiological surveillance
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762017000900632&lng=en&tlng=en

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