Never injected, but hepatitis C virus-infected: A study among self-declared never-injecting drug users from the Amsterdam Cohort Studies

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 568-577

  Van Den Berg, C H S B ^a,b   Van De Laar, T J W ^c   Kok, A ^b   Zuure, F R ^b   Coutinho, R A ^a,d   Prins, M ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam Health Service ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Health Service Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Hepatitis C virus; Noninjecting drug users

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 68749083816     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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