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Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection & liver disease among injection drug users (IDUs) in Chennai, India.

The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Dec 2010

Mehta Shruti H, Vogt Samantha L, Srikrishnan Aylur K, Vasudevan Conjeevaram K, Murugavel Kalilapuri G, Saravanan Shanmugam, Anand Santhanam, Kumar M Suresh, Ray Stuart C, Celentano David D, Solomon Suniti, Solomon Sunil S

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We characterized HCV antibody prevalence, viral persistence, genotype and liver disease prevalence among IDUs in Chennai, India as the study of the association of HIV with each of these states is important and there are no data available. METHODS: Between 2005-2006, 1158 IDUs were recruited and followed semi-annually. All were tested for HCV antibodies at baseline; a random sample of...

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