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Two decades of hepatitis B infections among drug users in Amsterdam: are they still a high-risk group?

Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2009

van Houdt Robin, van den Berg Charlotte H S B, Stolte Ineke G, Bruisten Sylvia M, Dukers Nicole H T M, Bakker Margreet, Wolthers Katja C, Prins Maria, Coutinho Roel A

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In general, little is known about the incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among drug users, especially among non-injecting drug users. Therefore, changes in incidence, risk factors, and circulating genotypes over time were determined among drug users in Amsterdam over an 18-year period (1985-2002). Sera of 1,268 drug users, both injecting and non-injecting, were screened for anti-HBc. HBV genotypes of the...

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PMID: 19475623
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21504

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