Notes from the field: Hepatitis C virus infections among young adults - Rural Wisconsin, 2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 358-

  Stanley, Marisa M ^a   Guilfoyle, Sheila ^a   Vergeront, James M ^a   Davis, Jeffrey P ^a   Suryaprasad, Anil ^b   Hu, Dale J ^b   Khudyakov, Yury ^b  

^a Wisconsin Division of Public Health   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; OPIATE ADDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862005019     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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