Drug Trafficking Routes and Hepatitis B in Injection Drug Users, Manipur, India

Drug Trafficking Routes and Hepatitis B in Injection Drug Users, Manipur, India

Prevalence of hepatitis B genotype C in injection drug users in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, neighboring the "Golden Triangle," correlates well with overland drug-trafficking routes, the injection drug use epidemic, and the spread of HIV. Further spread to other regions of Ind...

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Main Authors: Sibnarayan Datta, Arup Banerjee, Partha K. Chandra, Pradip K. Mahapatra, Shekhar Chakrabarti, Runu Chakravarty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hepatitis B virus
injection drug use
occult hepatitis B infection
genotype C
Manipur
India
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/12/06-0425_article

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