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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis D virus infection among injecting drug users with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection in Taiwan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
Chang Sui-Yuan, Yang Chia-Ling, Ko Wei-Shin, Liu Wen-Chun, Lin Chi-Ying, Wu Cheng-Hsin, Su Yi-Chin, Chang Shu-Fang, Chen Mao-Yuan, Sheng Wang-Huei, Hung Chien-Ching, Chang Shan-Chwen
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection occurred among injecting drug users (IDU) in Taiwan between 2003 and 2006, when an extremely high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was also detected. To determine whether clusters of hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection occurred in this outbreak, 4 groups of subjects were studied: group 1, HIV-infected IDU (n = 904); group 2, HIV-infected...
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