Drug Trafficking Routes and Hepatitis B in Injection Drug Users, Manipur, India
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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 India through mobile populations is possible.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060425