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Hepatitis C virus infection status and associated factors among a multi-site sample of people who used illicit drugs in the Amazon region

2019; BioMed Central; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12879-019-4270-2

ISSN

1471-2334

Autores

Aldemir Branco de Oliveira Filho, Francisco Junior A. Santos, Fabricio Quaresma Silva, Nairis Costa Raiol, Camila Carla S. Costa, Juliana Nádia Figueiredo Piauiense, Luisa Carí­cio Martins, Y. Cardoso, Jeruza Ferraz Filgueiras Di Miceli, Rafael Lima Resque, Gláucia Caroline Silva‐Oliveira, Luiz Marcelo de Lima Pinheiro, Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado, João Renato Rebello Pinho, José Alexandre Rodrigues de Lemos, Emil Kupek, Benedikt Fischer,

Tópico(s)

Youth, Drugs, and Violence

Resumo

Elevated rates of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection have been reported in epidemiological studies with people who used illicit drugs (PWUIDs) in different Brazilian regions. In Brazil's Amazon region, studies have already identified the common use of illicit drugs among adolescents and the high prevalence of HCV infections among PWUIDs. However, all studies done with PWUIDs were conducted with small samples and within limited geographic coverage. This study determined the prevalence and risk factors for HCV infection in PWUIDs in the Amazon region, northern Brazil, as well as estimating the prevalence and factors associated with the HCV spontaneous clearance (HSC).

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