Prevalence and Predictors of HCV among a Cohort of Opioid Treatment Patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BACKGROUND. The government of Tanzania launched an opioid treatment program (OTP), using methadone, in Dar es Salaam in February of 2011. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, especially among people who inject drugs (PWID). We conducted a cross-sectional st...

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Published in:Int J Drug Policy
Main Authors: Lambdin, Barrot H., Lorvick, Jennifer, Mbwambo, Jessie K., Rwegasha, John, Hassan, Saria, Lum, Paula, Kral, Alex H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6166640/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28628854
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.043
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