High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011-14)

• Main Authors: Benjamin Wenz (Author), Stine Nielsen (Author), Martyna Gassowski (Author), Claudia Santos-Hövener (Author), Wei Cai (Author), R. Stefan Ross (Author), Claus-Thomas Bock (Author), Boris-Alexander Ratsch (Author), Claudia Kücherer (Author), Norbert Bannert (Author), Viviane Bremer (Author), Osamah Hamouda (Author), Ulrich Marcus (Author), Ruth Zimmermann (Author), the DRUCK Study group (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV and HCV among PWID and related data on risk behaviour, a multicentre ser...