Hepatitis C serosorting among people who inject drugs in rural Puerto Rico

Hepatitis C serosorting among people who inject drugs in rural Puerto Rico

Due to the high cost of treatment, preventative measures to limit Hepatitis C (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID) are encouraged by many public health officials. A key one of these is serosorting, where PWID select risk partners based on concordant HCV status. Research on the gen...

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Main Authors: Ian Duncan, Ric Curtis, Juan Carlos Reyes, Roberto Abadie, Bilal Khan, Kirk Dombrowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
Subjects:
Hepatitis C
HCV
PWID
Puerto Rico
Serosorting
Injection drug use
Rural drug use
Hepatitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335517300165

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