Hepatitis C viremia patterns in incident hepatitis C infection and one year later in 150 prospectively tested persons who inject drugs.

OBJECTIVES: To assess HCV viremia levels just before, during and one year after anti-HCV seroconversion in people who inject drugs (PWID). METHODS: PWID enrolling into a needle exchange program in Malmö, Sweden, 1997-2005 constituted the source population. Sera were obtained at enrolment and at appr...

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Main Authors: Marianne Alanko Blomé, Per Björkman, Vilma Molnegren, Peter Höglund, Anders Widell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4022632?pdf=render