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Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis C virus among injecting drug users from Salvador-BA, Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 May 2010
Silva Maria Betânia S, Andrade Tarcísio M, Silva Luciano K, Rodart Itatiana F, Lopes Gisele B, Carmo Theomira Ma, Zarife Maria Alice S, Dourado Inês, Reis Mitermayer G
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major infectious disease agent among injecting drug users (IDUs), with seroprevalence ranging from 50-90%. In this paper, serological and virological parameters were investigated among 194 IDUs, 94 ex-IDUs and 95 non-IDUs that were sampled by the "snowball" techniqu...
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