Titre : | Hepatitis C among noninjecting drug users: a report (2001) |
Auteurs : | S. TORTU ; A. NEAIGUS ; MCMAHON J. ; D. HAGEN |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.36 n°4, 2001) |
Article en page(s) : | 523-534 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés HEPATITE ; PREVALENCE ; CONTAMINATION ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE ; CONSOMMATION ; VOIE D'ADMINISTRATIONThésaurus 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. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 23 |
Affiliation : | Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA |
Numéro Toxibase : | 403577 |
Centre Emetteur : | 04 CIRDD-51 |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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