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Factors associated with phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Baltimore.
BMC infectious diseases - 10 Nov 2020
Falade-Nwulia Oluwaseun, Hackman Jada, Mehta Shruti H, McCormick Sean D, Kirk Gregory D, Sulkowski Mark, Thomas David, Latkin Carl, Laeyendecker Oliver, Ray Stuart C
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BACKGROUND: The availability of effective, oral direct acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment has put elimination of HCV as a public health challenge within reach. However, little is known about the characteristics of transmission networks of people who inject drugs (PWID). METHODS: Sequencing of a segment of the HCV genome was performed on samples collected from a community-based cohort...
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