High Rates of Hepatitis C Virus Reinfection and Spontaneous Clearance of Reinfection in People Who Inject Drugs: A Prospective Cohort Study

High Rates of Hepatitis C Virus Reinfection and Spontaneous Clearance of Reinfection in People Who Inject Drugs: A Prospective Cohort Study

Hepatitis C virus reinfection and spontaneous clearance of reinfection were examined in a highly characterised cohort of 188 people who inject drugs over a five-year period. Nine confirmed reinfections and 17 possible reinfections were identified (confirmed reinfections were those genetically distin...

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Main Authors: Sacks-Davis, Rachel, Aitken, Campbell K., Higgs, Peter, Spelman, Tim, Pedrana, Alisa E., Bowden, Scott, Bharadwaj, Mandvi, Nivarthi, Usha K., Suppiah, Vijayaprakash, George, Jacob, Grebely, Jason, Drummer, Heidi E., Hellard, Margaret
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820644/

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