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Incidence and correlates of hepatitis C virus infection in a large cohort of prisoners who have injected drugs

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among prisoners, particularly those with a history of injecting drug use (IDU). Incarcerated people who inject drugs frequently report high-risk injecting practices both in prison and in the community. In spite of rising morbidity and mortality...

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Autores principales: Snow, Kathryn J, Young, Jesse T, Preen, David B, Lennox, Nicholas G, Kinner, Stuart A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25113132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-830