Drug Trafficking Routes and Hepatitis B in Injection Drug Users, Manipur, India

Autor: Sibnarayan Datta, Arup Banerjee, Partha K. Chandra, Pradip K. Mahapatra, Shekhar Chakrabarti, Runu Chakravarty
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 12, Pp 1954-1957 (2006)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060425
Popis: 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.
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