Titre :
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Sharing of drug preparation equipment as a risk factor for hepatitis C : Hepatitis C. (2001)
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Auteurs :
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Holly HAGAN ;
Erussell ALEXANDER ;
Jeffrey-S DUCHIN ;
Sharon-G HOPKINS ;
Hanne THIEDE ;
Noel-S Weiss ;
Department of Epidemiology. University of Washington Seattle. USA ;
Seattle-King County Department of Public Health. Seattle. WA. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 91, n° 1, 2001)
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Pagination :
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42-46
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Hépatite virale C
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Virose
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Infection
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Epidémiologie
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Toxicomane
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Homme
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Equipement
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Toxicomanie
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Appareil digestif [pathologie]
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Foie [pathologie]
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xAc4m6. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study investigated the sharing of drug preparation equipment as a possible route of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. Methods. HCV seroconversion was measured in a cohort of 317 injection drug users who tested negative for HCV antibody ar recruitment. Results. Cumulative HCV incidence was 16.7% per year. Among those who did not share syringes, HCV seroconversion was associated with sharing drug cookers and filtration cotton (adjusted risk ratio=5.9 ; 95% confidence interval=1.1,31.7) ; 54% of HCV infections in injection drug users who did not share syringes were attributable to cooker/cotton sharing. Conclusions. Among injection drug users who do not share syringes, an important proportion of HCV infections may be attributed to cooker/cotton sharing.
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