@article {1060,
	title = {Hepatitis C virus infection among drug injectors in St Petersburg, Russia: social and molecular epidemiology of an endemic infection.},
	journal = {Addiction (Abingdon, England)},
	volume = {104},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009 Nov},
	pages = {1881-90},
	abstract = {To understand the epidemiology and transmission patterns of hepatitis C virus (HCV), the predominant blood borne-pathogen infecting injection drug users (IDUs), in a part of the former Soviet Union.},
	keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Contact Tracing, Cross-Sectional Studies, Endemic Diseases, Female, Genotype, Hepacivirus, Hepatitis C, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Molecular Epidemiology, Phylogeny, Prevalence, RNA, Viral, Russia, Sexual Behavior, Social Support, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Young Adult},
	issn = {1360-0443},
	doi = {10.1002/hpm.1029},
	author = {Paintsil, Elijah and Verevochkin, Sergei V and Dukhovlinova, Elena and Niccolai, Linda and Barbour, Russell and White, Edward and Toussova, Olga V and Alexander, Louis and Kozlov, Andrei P and Heimer, Robert}
}
