Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA

We identified a 41.4% prevalence of hepatitis C virus, absence of HIV, and unexpectedly high frequency of hepatitis C virus genotype 3 among suburban New Jersey heroin users 17–35 years of age during 2014–2015. Despite 2 clinicians prepared to engage these users, few were successfully linked to care...

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Autores principales: Akyar, Eda, Seneca, Kathleen H., Akyar, Serra, Schofield, Neal, Schwartz, Mark P., Nahass, Ronald G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27089172
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151980
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spelling pubmed-48615322016-05-10 Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA Akyar, Eda Seneca, Kathleen H. Akyar, Serra Schofield, Neal Schwartz, Mark P. Nahass, Ronald G. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We identified a 41.4% prevalence of hepatitis C virus, absence of HIV, and unexpectedly high frequency of hepatitis C virus genotype 3 among suburban New Jersey heroin users 17–35 years of age during 2014–2015. Despite 2 clinicians prepared to engage these users, few were successfully linked to care and treated. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4861532/ /pubmed/27089172 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151980 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA
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