The effects of needle-sharing and opioid substitution therapy on incidence of hepatitis C virus infection and reinfection in people who inject drugs

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016.Although high hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence has been observed in people who inject drugs (PWID) for decades, research suggests incidence is falling. We examined whether PWIDs' use of opioid substitution therapy (OST) and their needle-and-syringe...

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Main Authors: Aitken, C., Agius, P., Higgs, Peter, Stoové, M., Bowden, D., Dietze, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54194