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Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA

Eda Akyar, Kathleen Seneca, Serra Akyar, Neal Schofield, Mark P. Schwartz, Ronald Nahass

Emerging infectious diseases · 2016 · 20 citations · 5 references

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We identified a 41.4% prevalence of hepatitis C virus, absence of HIV, and unexpectedly high frequency of hepatitis C virus genotype 3 among suburban New Jersey heroin users 17-35 years of age during 2014-2015. Despite 2 clinicians prepared to engage these users, few were successfully linked to care and treated.

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