| Title | Hepatitis C virus infection among drug injectors in St Petersburg, Russia: social and molecular epidemiology of an endemic infection. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Paintsil, Elijah, Sergei V. Verevochkin, Elena Dukhovlinova, Linda Niccolai, Russell Barbour, Edward White, Olga V. Toussova, Louis Alexander, Andrei P. Kozlov, and Robert Heimer |
| Journal | Addiction (Abingdon, England) |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pagination | 1881-90 |
| Date Published | 2009 Nov |
| ISSN | 1360-0443 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| DOI | 10.1002/hpm.1029 |
| Alternate Journal | Addiction |
