Abstract Background and Aim: Decisions on public health issues are dependent on reliable
epidemiological data. A comprehensive review of the literature was used to gather country …

Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by hepatitis C
virus (HCV). Treatment options are improving and may enhance prevention; however …

Persons at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are also likely to be at
risk for other infectious pathogens, including hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus …

The authors examined the relation between time since onset of illicit drug injection (time at
risk) and rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by using meta-regression. In 72 …

Background. We hypothesized that the high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among
injection drug users might be due to prolonged virus survival in contaminated syringes …

Objective: To assess trends in HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV/HCV infection among
injecting drug users (IDU) from 1990 to 2001 in New York City. The 1990–2001 time period …

Healthy travellers to countries where carbapenemases-producing Enterobacteriaceae
(CPE) are endemic might be at risk for their acquisition, even without contact with the local …

Injecting drug users (DU) are at high risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infections. To
examine the prevalence and incidence of these infections over a 20-year period (1985 …

In this book, we seek to explore and embrace the diversity of harm reduction instead of trying
to simplify its definition or constrain its reach. In this chapter, we define and examine harm …

Objective: To determine the clinical course of hepatitis C virus in the first decade of infection
in a group of patients who acquired their infections on a known date. Design: Cohort study …