Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA

Akyar, Eda; Seneca, Kathleen H.; Akyar, Serra; Schofield, Neal; Schwartz, Mark P.; Nahass, Ronald G.

doi:10.3201/eid2205.151980

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Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA

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May 2016
By Akyar, Eda ; Seneca, Kathleen H. ; Akyar, Serra ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Akyar, Eda ; Seneca, Kathleen H. ; Akyar, Serra ; Schofield, Neal ; Schwartz, Mark P. ; Nahass, Ronald G.
Description:

We identified a 41.4% prevalence of hepatitis C virus, absence of HIV, and unexpectedly high frequency of hepatitis C virus genotype 3 among suburban New Jersey heroin users 17-35 years of age during 2014-2015. Despite 2 clinicians prepared to engage these users, few were successfully linked to care and treated.
Subjects:

Adolescent Adult Dispatch Drug Users Hepacivirus Hepatitis C Humans Incidence Prevalence Suburban Population Young Adult
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 22(5):907-909.
Pubmed ID:

27089172
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4861532
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

New Jersey
Location:

North America
Volume:

22
Issue:

5
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:c292f2804102b673b3b193e802deede14010d9c543ddc604b5dd8c4f70a23ca4
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