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

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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 characterisedcohort of 188 people who inject drugs over a five-year period. Nine confirmed reinfections and 17 possiblereinfections were identified (confirmed reinfections were those genetically distinct...

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Main Authors:	Sacks-Davis, R., Aitken, C., Higgs, Peter, Spelman, T., Pedrana, A., Bowden, S., Bharadwaj, M., Nivarthi, U., Suppiah, V., George, J., Grebely, J., Drummer, H., Hellard, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49575

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