Epidemiology of HIV Among Injecting and Non-injecting Drug Users: Current Trends and Implications for Interventions
β Scribed by Steffanie A. Strathdee; Jamila K. Stockman
- Book ID
- 107540774
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1548-3568
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## Abstract While much is known about hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injecting drug users (IDUs), there is scant information about the risk of HCV infection to nonβinjecting sexual partners of injecting drug users; it is possible that such individuals may have a greater risk of acquiring HCV than an