High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and low level of awareness among people who recently started injecting drugs in a cross-sectional study in Germany, 2011-2014: missed opportunities for hepatitis C testing

• Main Authors: Julia Enkelmann (Author), Martyna Gassowski (Author), Stine Nielsen (Author), Benjamin Wenz (Author), Stefan Roß (Author), Ulrich Marcus (Author), Viviane Bremer (Author), Ruth Zimmermann (Author), DRUCK Study group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Germany, risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highest among people who inject drugs (PWID). New injectors (NI) are particularly vulnerable for HCV-acquisition, but little is known about health seeking behaviour and opportunities for intervention in this group. We descr...