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

scientific article published on 10 January 2020

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 is …
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P356DOI10.1186/S12954-019-0338-Y
P932PMC publication ID6954578
P698PubMed publication ID31924208

P50authorStine NielsenQ50147445
Viviane BremerQ87979158
P2093author name stringUlrich Marcus
Ruth Zimmermann
Benjamin Wenz
Martyna Gassowski
Julia Enkelmann
DRUCK Study group
Stefan Roß
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P433issue1
P921main subjectHepatitis C virusQ708693
P304page(s)7
P577publication date2020-01-10
P1433published inHarm Reduction JournalQ15746441
P1476titleHigh 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
P478volume17