scholarly journals Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis C virus among injecting drug users from Salvador-BA, Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Betânia S Silva ◽  
Tarcísio M Andrade ◽  
Luciano K Silva ◽  
Itatiana F Rodart ◽  
Gisele B Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users

scholarly journals Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users in Sydney.

1994 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 321-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
I van Beek ◽  
R Buckley ◽  
M Stewart ◽  
M MacDonald ◽  
J Kaldor
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection

scholarly journals Adherence to treatment for recently acquired hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among injecting drug users

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Grebely ◽  
Gail V. Matthews ◽  
Margaret Hellard ◽  
David Shaw ◽  
Ingrid van Beek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Adherence To Treatment

The hepatitis C virus epidemic among injecting drug users

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver G. Pybus ◽  
Alexandra Cochrane ◽  
Edward C. Holmes ◽  
Peter Simmonds
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users

Prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users in Tehran

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saman Zamani ◽  
Seiichi Ichikawa ◽  
Bijan Nassirimanesh ◽  
Mohsen Vazirian ◽  
Kazuko Ichikawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Methadone maintenance and hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users

Addiction ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 92 (8) ◽  
pp. 999-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICK CROFTS ◽  
LUCIANO NIGRO ◽  
KIMBERLEY OMAN ◽  
ELAINE STEVENSON ◽  
JOHN SHERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection

scholarly journals Molecular analysis of hepatitis C virus infection in Bulgarian injecting drug users

2011 ◽  
Vol 83 (9) ◽  
pp. 1565-1570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Ciccozzi ◽  
Gianni Zehender ◽  
Valeria Cento ◽  
Alessandra Lo Presti ◽  
Pavel Teoharov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection

scholarly journals Hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users in Scotland: a review of prevalence and incidence data and the methods used to generate them

2006 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. ROY ◽  
S. J. HUTCHINSON ◽  
S. WADD ◽  
A. TAYLOR ◽  
S. O. CAMERON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection ◽  
Incidence Data ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
Related Liver Disease

It is estimated that of 50000 persons in Scotland (1% of the county's population), infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), around 90% injected drugs. This paper reviews data on the prevalence and incidence of HCV, and the methods used to generate such information, among injecting drug users (IDUs), in Scotland. The prevalence estimate for HCV among IDUs in Scotland as a whole (44% in 2000), is comparable with those observed in many European countries. Incidence rates ranged from 11·9 to 28·4/100 person-years. The data have shaped policy to prevent infection among IDUs and have informed predictions of the number of HCV-infected IDUs who will likely progress to, and require treatment and care for, severe HCV-related liver disease. Although harm reduction interventions, in particular needle and syringe exchanges and methadone maintenance therapy, reduced the transmission of HCV among IDUs during the early to mid-1990s, incidence in many parts of the country remains high. The prevention of HCV among IDUs continues to be one of Scotland's major public health challenges.

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