Methamphetamine injecting is associated with phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C virus infection among street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 272-276

  Cunningham, Evan B ^a   Jacka, Brendan ^a   DeBeck, Kora ^b,c   Applegate, Tanya L ^a   Harrigan, P Richard ^b   Krajden, Mel ^e   Marshall, Brandon D L ^f   Montaner, Julio ^b,d   Lima, Viviane Dias ^b,d   Olmstead, Andrea D ^e   Milloy, M J ^b,d   Wood, Evan ^b,d   Grebely, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Injection drug use; Methamphetamine; Phylogenetic clustering; Phylogenetics; Street involved youth

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; METHAMPHETAMINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; MIXED INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEX RATIO; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMPLICATION; HOMELESS YOUTH; INJECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF MEDICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84930481585     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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