A descriptive study of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Background objectives

The seroprevalence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in general population is higher than that of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in India. People who inject drugs (PWIDs) constitute a high-risk group for all blood-borne infections. Multiple behavioural surveillance surveys have provided a rich typology of HIV-infected PWIDs, but this information is missing for HCV infection. We describe awareness, transmission risk factors and the treatment continuum for HCV infection among PWID. We also report spatial clustering of HCV infection in PWIDs residing in Bengaluru.

Methods

Information from clinical records was collected and telephonic interviews of retrospectively identified PWIDs who received treatment at a tertiary-level addiction treatment facility betw

SUBMITTER: Shivaprakash P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10878480 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature