High prevalence of HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus coinfection among injection drug users in the southeastern region of Yunnan, China

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-196

  Zhang, Chiyu ^a   Yang, Rongge ^a   Xia, Xueshan ^a   Qin, Shaoying ^a   Dai, Jianping ^a   Zhang, Zunbin ^a   Peng, Zhengzhen ^a   Wei, Tong ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Pu, Decheng ^a   Luo, Jianhua ^a   Takebe, Yutaka ^a   Ben, Kunlong ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

HCV; HIV; Injection drug users; Needle syringe sharing; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE;

EID: 0036471318     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200202010-00014     Document Type: Article

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