A clinical study on risk behaviors and seroprevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C among injection drug users on opioid substitution therapy: An observational study

A clinical study on risk behaviors and seroprevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C among injection drug users on opioid substitution therapy: An observational study

Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV infection among IDUs is an emerging trend. Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is an evidence-based treatment for opiate-dependent clients that replaces illicit drug use with medically prescribed, orally administered opiates such...

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Main Authors: Shabir Ahmad Dar, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Aaliya Khanam, Shazia Kousar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
Subjects:
buprenorphine
injection drug users
opioids
Online Access:http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2020;volume=36;issue=2;spage=146;epage=150;aulast=Dar

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