Epidemic of HIV coupled with hepatitis C virus among injecting drug users of Himalayan West Bengal, Eastern India, Bordering Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-352

  Sarkar, Kamalesh ^a   Bal, Baishali ^a   Mukherjee, Rita ^a   Chakraborty, Sekhar ^a   Niyogi, Swapan Kumar ^a   Saha, Malay Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b Advance Medical Research Centre   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HCV; HIV; IDUs; Needle sharing; Sex worker; STDs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 32844457110     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080500410991     Document Type: Article

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