Editorial commentary: Hepatitis C virus testing and drug use in North America; Is there more than meets the eye?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 762-764

  Beckwith, Curt G ^a,b   Larney, Sarah ^b,c   Flanigan, Timothy P ^a,b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavior; hepatitis C; injection drug use; screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MIXED INFECTION; NORTH AMERICA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION; SYRINGE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIROLOGY;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84895766895     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit941     Document Type: Note

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