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Prevalence and genotypes of GBV-C and its associations with HIV infection among persons who inject drugs in Eastern Europe.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2017
Jõgeda Ene-Ly, Huik Kristi, Pauskar Merit, Kallas Eveli, Karki Tõnis, Des Jarlais Don, Uusküla Anneli, Lutsar Irja, Avi Radko
Abstract excerpt
We aimed to determine the rate of GBV-C viremia, seropositivity, and genotypes among people who inject drugs (PWID) and healthy volunteers in Estonia and to evaluate associations between GBV-C and sociodemographic factors, intravenous drug use, co-infections. The study included 345 Caucasian PWID and 118 healthy volunteers. The presence of GBV-C RNA (viremia) was determined by reverse transcriptase-nested PCR in...
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