Opioid substitution therapy protects against hepatitis C virus acquisition in people who inject drugs: The HITS-c study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 326-329

  White, Bethany ^a,b   Dore, Gregory J ^a   Lloyd, Andrew R ^c   Rawlinson, William D ^d   Maher, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; OPIATE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SURVIVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84910017402     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.00153     Document Type: Article

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