Hepatitis C and young drug users: are they about to join the epidemic?
β Scribed by Carruthers, Susan ;Loxley, Wendy
- Book ID
- 114912436
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 469 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1035-7319
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## Abstract In general, little is known about the incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among drug users, especially among nonβinjecting drug users. Therefore, changes in incidence, risk factors, and circulating genotypes over time were determined among drug users in Amsterdam over an 18βyear period
To elucidate the character and magnitude of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic among drug users in Amsterdam, 197 young drug users from the period 2000 to 2004 were compared with 215 counterparts from 1985 to 1989. Although injection risk behavior and HCV seroprevalence decreased sharply over time