Titre : | Hepatitis C in injection-drug users - A hidden danger of the opioid epidemic (2018) |
Auteurs : | T. J. LIANG ; J. W. WARD |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | New England Journal of Medicine (Vol.378, n°13, March 29, 2018) |
Article en page(s) : | 1169-1171 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ETATS-UNISThésaurus mots-clés HEPATITE ; OPIOIDES ; INJECTION ; INCIDENCE ; INFECTION ; EVOLUTION |
Résumé : | Hidden beneath the escalating crisis of opioid-overdose deaths in the United States lies another danger: the increasing spread of hepatitis C virus associated with injection-opioid use. The social and economic costs of this epidemic could be staggering. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 5 |
Affiliation : |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA |
Lien : | https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1716871 |
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