Drug trafficking routes and hepatitis B in injection drug users, Manipur, India.

ABSTRACT: Prevalence of hepatitis B genotype C in injection drug users in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, neighboring the "Golden Triangle," correlates well with overland drug-trafficking routes, the injection drug use epidemic, and the spread of HIV. Further spread to other regions of India through mobile populations is possible.

SUBMITTER: Datta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3291348 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature