Overview
Hepatitis and Injection Drugs
- Hepatitis C Infections Now Twice as Likely in HIV+ Gay Men as in Injecting Drug Users, Swiss Study Finds (April 6, 2012)
From aidsmap.com
- 10 Million Illegal Drug Users Have Hepatitis C: Study (July 28, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Do No Harm: Tips on Connecting With, and Helping, Your Drug-Using Patients or Clients: A Blog Entry by Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S. (June 9, 2011)
From TheBodyPRO.com
- Hepatitis C Virus Can Survive in Syringes for Up to 63 Days (February 20, 2010)
From aidsmap.com
- High Dead-Space Syringes and the Risk of HIV and HCV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users (March 9, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HCV Treatment and People Who Use Drugs (August 2007)
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In Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIV, from Treatment Action Group
- Hepatitis C Transmission (August 2007)
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In Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIV, from Treatment Action Group
- Stigma: Hepatitis C and Drug Abuse (February 2006)
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From HCV Advocate
- Hepatitis B Vaccine Decreases Hepatitis B Incidence in Cohort of Drug Users (May 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Viral Hepatitis and Injection Drug Users (September 2002)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention