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Exploratory social network analysis and gene sequencing in people who inject drugs infected with hepatitis C virus.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Oct 2016
Wang Y, Tan X D, Zhou C, Zhou W, Peng J S, Ren Y S, Ni Z L, Liu B, Yang F, Gao X D
Abstract excerpt
Social networks facilitate the transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in people who inject drugs (PWID). The aim of this study was to assess how certain network structural characteristics are related to HCV infections in PWID and to determine the most susceptible individuals for HCV transmission in a network of PWID. PWID (N = 80) from central China were recruited from a previous follow-up case-control study....
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