Hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs in Africa

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Division of Digestive Diseases, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College, London W2 1NY, UK.
² Unité d'Épidémiologie des Maladies Émergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
³ Pathology, International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya.
⁴ Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ National Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis B, C and D, Department of Virology, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.
⁶ The KEMRI Graduate School Training Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Division of Digestive Diseases, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College, London W2 1NY, UK. Electronic address: m.lemoine@imperial.ac.uk.

Comment

Rajiv Shah et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;20(3):282-283.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30049-9.

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Division of Digestive Diseases, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College, London W2 1NY, UK.
² Unité d'Épidémiologie des Maladies Émergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
³ Pathology, International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya.
⁴ Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ National Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis B, C and D, Department of Virology, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.
⁶ The KEMRI Graduate School Training Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Division of Digestive Diseases, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College, London W2 1NY, UK. Electronic address: m.lemoine@imperial.ac.uk.

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Prevalence, estimated incidence, risk behaviours, and genotypic distribution of hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs accessing harm-reduction services in Kenya: a retrospective cohort study.
Akiyama MJ, Cleland CM, Lizcano JA, Cherutich P, Kurth AE. Akiyama MJ, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Nov;19(11):1255-1263. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30264-6. Epub 2019 Sep 17. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019. PMID: 31540840 Free PMC article.