Risk factors for hepatitis C seropositivity among young people who inject drugs in New York City: Implications for prevention

Benjamin Eckhardt; Emily R. Winkelstein; Marla A. Shu; Michael R. Carden; Courtney McKnight; Don C. Des Jarlais; Marshall J. Glesby; Kristen Marks; Brian R. Edlin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177341

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Risk factors for hepatitis C seropositivity among young people who inject drugs in New York City: Implications for prevention

Benjamin Eckhardt ,

* E-mail: bje8@cornell.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2846-9762

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Emily R. Winkelstein,

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease Research, National Development and Research Institutes, New York, New York, United States of America
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Marla A. Shu,

Affiliations Institute for Infectious Disease Research, National Development and Research Institutes, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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Michael R. Carden †,

† Deceased.

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease Research, National Development and Research Institutes, New York, New York, United States of America
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Courtney McKnight,

Affiliation Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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Don C. Des Jarlais,

Affiliation Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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Marshall J. Glesby,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Kristen Marks,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Brian R. Edlin

Affiliations Institute for Infectious Disease Research, National Development and Research Institutes, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Risk factors for hepatitis C seropositivity among young people who inject drugs in New York City: Implications for prevention

Benjamin Eckhardt,
Emily R. Winkelstein,
Marla A. Shu,
Michael R. Carden,
Courtney McKnight,
Don C. Des Jarlais,
Marshall J. Glesby,
Kristen Marks,
Brian R. Edlin

Published: May 19, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177341

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