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Article de Périodique
Hepatitis C among noninjecting drug users: a report (2001)
Auteur(s) :
TORTU, S. ;
NEAIGUS, A. ;
MCMAHON J. ;
HAGEN, D.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
523-534
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
23
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEPATITE
;
PREVALENCE
;
CONTAMINATION
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
VOIE D'ADMINISTRATION
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Résumé :
Objectives: This report documents the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among self-reported noninjecting drug users recruited from two New York City neighborhoods. Methods: Participants were recruited in separate studies from East Harlem and the Lower East Side of Manhattan and were administered structured questionnaires and tested for HCV. Results: HCV prevalence rates among those reporting no history of injecting drugs ranged from 5% to 29%, according to age, gender, and study location. Conclusions: Our results suggest that more research is needed to elucidate potential non-injecting routes of HCV transmission among drug users. Moreover, policies that rely predominantly on injector status as the only drug-related risk factor for HCV screening need to be reassessed in light of these findings.
Affiliation :
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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