Sociodemographic, clinical, and other serological profile of opioid-dependent intravenous drug users infected with hepatitis C virus: A cross-sectional study

Introduction: As per the 2023 National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Control Programme report, there are 8.5 lakh intravenous drug users (IDUs) in India, although the figures have varied greatly from the year 2009 to 2023. The IDU size population in Punjab is about 2600 to 18,000 as per the yea...

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Main Authors:	Piyush Mahajan, Malvika Dahuja, Manjit Singh, Medi Nagapadma, M Ramasubba Reddy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-12-01
Series:	Telangana Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:	hepatitis b surface antigen hepatitis c virus status hiv infection intravenous drug user opioids
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/tjp.tjp_14_24
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