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HCV prevalence can predict HIV epidemic potential among people who inject drugs: mathematical modeling analysis

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV are both transmitted through percutaneous exposures among people who inject drugs (PWID). Ecological analyses on global epidemiological data have identified a positive association between HCV and HIV prevalence among PWID. Our objective was to demonstrate...

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Autores principales: Akbarzadeh, Vajiheh, Mumtaz, Ghina R., Awad, Susanne F., Weiss, Helen A., Abu-Raddad, Laith J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5135754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27912737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3887-y