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Title: | Evidence for a substantial role of sharing of injecting paraphernalia other than syringes/needles to the spread of hepatitis C among injecting drug users | Authors: | Mathei, Catharina SHKEDY, Ziv Denis, B Kabali, C AERTS, Marc MOLENBERGHS, Geert Van Damme, P Buntinx, F |
Issue Date: | 2006 | Source: | JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS, 13(8). p. 560-570 | Abstract: | In industrialized countries, transmission of hepatitis C occurs primarily through injecting drug use. Transmission of hepatitis C in injecting drug users is mainly associated with the sharing of contaminated syringes/needles, although evidence for risk of hepatitis C infection through sharing of other injecting paraphernalia is increasing. In this paper, the independent effects of sharing paraphernalia other than syringes/needles have been estimated. The prevalence and force of infection were modelled using three serological data sets from drug users in three centres in Belgium as a function of the sharing behaviour. It was found that sharing of materials other than syringes/needles indeed seemed to contribute substantially to the spread of hepatitis C among injecting drug users. | Keywords: | force of infection; hepatitis C; injecting drug use; sharing behaviour; modelling; VIRUS-INFECTION; NEEDLE EXCHANGE; RISK BEHAVIOR; SYRINGE EXCHANGE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY; HIV-INFECTION; SAN-FRANCISCO; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/1473 | ISSN: | 1352-0504 | e-ISSN: | 1365-2893 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2006.00725.x | ISI #: | 000239191800009 | Rights: | (C) 2006 The Authors Journal compilation (C) 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2007 |
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