High prevalence of injection drug use and blood-borne viral infections among patients in an urban emergency department.

High prevalence of injection drug use and blood-borne viral infections among patients in an urban emergency department.

BACKGROUND:The opioid epidemic has led to an increase in the number of persons who inject drugs, and this population accounts for 12% of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 60% of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in the United States annually. While persons who inject drugs disproportio...

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Main Authors: Erik S Anderson, Carly Russell, Kellie Basham, Martha Montgomery, Helen Lozier, Abigail Crocker, Marisa Zuluaga, Douglas A E White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233927

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233927

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