Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA
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...
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| author | Eda Akyar Kathleen H. Seneca Serra Akyar Neal Schofield Mark P. Schwartz Ronald G. Nahass |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00ca29f39c254121b2ffcdd6f2c3593a2022-12-21T22:42:34ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592016-05-0122590790910.3201/eid2205.151980Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USAEda AkyarKathleen H. SenecaSerra AkyarNeal SchofieldMark P. SchwartzRonald G. NahassWe 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/15-1980_articleHepatitis Clinkage to caresuburban heroin usersgenotypeNew Jerseydrug use |
| spellingShingle | Eda Akyar Kathleen H. Seneca Serra Akyar Neal Schofield Mark P. Schwartz Ronald G. Nahass Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA Emerging Infectious Diseases Hepatitis C linkage to care suburban heroin users genotype New Jersey drug use |
| title | Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA |
| title_full | Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA |
| title_fullStr | Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA |
| title_short | Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA |
| title_sort | linkage to care for suburban heroin users with hepatitis c virus infection new jersey usa |
| topic | Hepatitis C linkage to care suburban heroin users genotype New Jersey drug use |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/15-1980_article |
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