Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B and C Infections and an Assessment of HCV-Genotypes and Two IL28B SNPs among People Who Inject Drugs in Three Regions of Nepal.

Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B and C Infections and an Assessment of HCV-Genotypes and Two IL28B SNPs among People Who Inject Drugs in Three Regions of Nepal.

As part of a comprehensive health care programme for people who use drugs in Nepal, HIV and viral hepatitis B and C status--including risk factors, HCV-genotypes and co-infections--as well as two IL28B Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were assessed for a random sample of 401 people who inject...

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Main Authors: Hans-Tilmann Kinkel, Dibesh Karmacharya, Jivan Shakya, Sulochana Manandhar, Santosh Panthi, Prajwola Karmacharya, Deepika Sitaula, Reenu Thapaliya, Prawachan K C, Apurva Rai, Sameer Dixit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4532440?pdf=render

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