Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and re-infection among HCV- and HIV/HCV-infected injection drug users
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and re-infection among HCV- and HIV/HCV-infected injection drug users
Methods We identified a cohort of IDUs receiving care at the Pender Community Health Centre on Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Potential subjects were identified as either never having been infected with HCV (noninfected arm), having spontaneously cleared the virus (spontaneous arm), or having achieved a sustained virologic response on antiviral treatment (SVR arm). A questionnaire to identify ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International AIDS Society
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1758-2652,1758-2652
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-s4-p199