Literature DB >> 1450715

HCV and HIV infection among intravenous drug abusers in eastern Sicily.

B Cacopardo1, F Fatuzzo, S Cosentino, B M Celesia, M T Mughini, R La Rosa, S Bruno, G Lupo, F Zipper, G La Medica.   

Abstract

In a study of 175 intravenous drug addicts from Eastern Sicily, 58.3% were found to be anti-HCV positive. In this population, the presence of anti-HCV was independent of HIV infection, age, duration of drug use and the practice of needle sharing. This may indicate that HCV is more readily transmitted (or spread earlier in this population) among drug addicts than is HIV.

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Year:  1992        PMID: 1450715     DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-5633-9_77

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Arch Virol Suppl        ISSN: 0939-1983


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1.  Incidence and risk factors for hepatitis C among injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland.

Authors:  S A Villano; D Vlahov; K E Nelson; C M Lyles; S Cohn; D L Thomas
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1997-12       Impact factor: 5.948

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