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Co-Infection Burden of Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus among Injecting Heroin Users at the Kenyan Coast

BACKGROUND: Injection drug use is steadily rising in Kenya. We assessed the prevalence of both human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among injecting heroin users (IHUs) at the Kenyan Coast. METHODS: A total of 186 IHUs (mean age, 33 years) from the Omari...

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Autores principales:	Mwatelah, Ruth S., Lwembe, Raphael M., Osman, Saida, Ogutu, Bernhards R., Aman, Rashid, Kitawi, Rose C., Wangai, Laura N., Oloo, Florence A., Kokwaro, Gilbert O., Ochieng, Washingtone
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4514798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26208212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132287

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