Assessment of Tennessee’s county-level vulnerability to hepatitis C virus and HIV outbreaks using socioeconomic, healthcare, and substance use indicators

<h4>Background</h4> Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and injection drug use are syndemic in the central Appalachian states. In Tennessee (TN), declines in HIV among persons who inject drugs (PWID) stalled, and HCV infection rates increased significantly from 2...

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Main Authors: Jessica Vakili, Lindsey Sizemore, Peter F. Rebeiro, Ben Tyndall, Pamela Talley, Kristyn Whaley, Meredith Brantley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352017/?tool=EBI