HCV Infection among Injecting Drug Users in Prishtina, Kosovo
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HIV and HCV infection among injecting drug users.
BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the two blood-borne pathogens most commonly transmitted among injection drug users via multi-person use of syringes and other injection equipment. However, important differences exist in the epidemiology of HIV and HCV within different populations of intravenous drug users. METHOD A literature review was carried out...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Hepatitis Monthly
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1735-143X,1735-3408
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.80189