%0 Journal Article %J BMC medical research methodology %D 2008 %T The HCV Synthesis Project: scope, methodology, and preliminary results. %A Stern, Rebecca K %A Hagan, Holly %A Lelutiu-Weinberger, Corina %A Jarlais, Don Des %A Scheinmann, Roberta %A Strauss, Shiela %A Pouget, Enrique R %A Flom, Peter %K Epidemiologic Methods %K Female %K Hepatitis C %K Humans %K Information Storage and Retrieval %K Male %K Pilot Projects %K Research Design %K Risk Factors %K Substance Abuse, Intravenous %K Substance-Related Disorders %P 62 %R 10.1086/528859 %V 8 %X The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is hyper-endemic in injecting drug users. There is also excess HCV among non-injection drug users who smoke, snort, or sniff heroin, cocaine, crack, or methamphetamine. %8 2008