## Abstract Taiwan has been facing a rising epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection since 2004. Injection drug users comprised 38.5% of accumulated HIV cases by 2007. This crossโsectional study investigated the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hep
Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus and association with intravenous drug abuse and tattooing in a national prison in Norway
โ Scribed by D. S. Holsen; S. Harthug; H. Myrmel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 434 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-9723
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