Epidemiology and natural history of hepatitis C virus infection in injection drug users: implications for treatment
Sulkowski MS;Thomas DL;;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2005Vol. 40 Suppl 5pp. -
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ms2005clinicalepidemiology
Abstract
Effective methods to diminish the burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among injection drug users (IDUs) require consideration of the epidemiology and natural history of both hepatitis C and drug use. Most HCV infections are due to injection drug use, and most IDUs have HCV infection. In addi …