High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: re...
High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14)
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Wenz, Benjamin , Nielsen, Stine , Gassowski, Martyna , Santos-Hövener, Claudia , Cai, Wei , Ross, R. Stefan , Bock, Claus-Thomas , Ratsch, Boris-Alexander , Kücherer, Claudia , Bannert, Norbert , Bremer, Viviane , Hamouda, Osamah , Marcus, Ulrich , Zimmermann, Ruth , the DRUCK Study group and DRUCK Study group
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV and HCV among PWID and related data on risk behaviour, a multicentre sero- and behavioural survey using respondent driven sampling (RDS) was c...
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High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14)
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_d79169c059e24d2486da99536f68f6af
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_d79169c059e24d2486da99536f68f6af
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1471-2458
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1471-2458
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10.1186/s12889-016-3545-4
