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Genotypic and epidemiologic characteristics of hepatitis C virus infections among recent injection drug user and nonuser populations.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Oct 2001
Krekulova L, Rehak V, Madrigal N, Johnson M, Killoran P, Riley L W
Abstract excerpt
The recent surge in injection drug use (IDU) in Prague, Czech Republic, provided an opportunity to compare the distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes among recent injection drug users and nonusers. We provide evidence that the most common HCV subtype, 1b, has been circulating in Prague longer than the other subtypes but that IDU practice has magnified its recent prevalence, and that the primary drug of...
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