scholarly journals Population dynamics of hepatitis C virus subtypes in injecting drug users on methadone maintenance treatment in China associated with economic and health reform

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 551-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Zhou ◽  
E. Cella ◽  
W. Zhou ◽  
W.-H. Kong ◽  
M.-Q. Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Injecting Drug Users

Methadone maintenance and hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users

Addiction ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 92 (8) ◽  
pp. 999-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICK CROFTS ◽  
LUCIANO NIGRO ◽  
KIMBERLEY OMAN ◽  
ELAINE STEVENSON ◽  
JOHN SHERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection

scholarly journals Hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users in Scotland: a review of prevalence and incidence data and the methods used to generate them

2006 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. ROY ◽  
S. J. HUTCHINSON ◽  
S. WADD ◽  
A. TAYLOR ◽  
S. O. CAMERON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection ◽  
Incidence Data ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
Related Liver Disease

It is estimated that of 50000 persons in Scotland (1% of the county's population), infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), around 90% injected drugs. This paper reviews data on the prevalence and incidence of HCV, and the methods used to generate such information, among injecting drug users (IDUs), in Scotland. The prevalence estimate for HCV among IDUs in Scotland as a whole (44% in 2000), is comparable with those observed in many European countries. Incidence rates ranged from 11·9 to 28·4/100 person-years. The data have shaped policy to prevent infection among IDUs and have informed predictions of the number of HCV-infected IDUs who will likely progress to, and require treatment and care for, severe HCV-related liver disease. Although harm reduction interventions, in particular needle and syringe exchanges and methadone maintenance therapy, reduced the transmission of HCV among IDUs during the early to mid-1990s, incidence in many parts of the country remains high. The prevention of HCV among IDUs continues to be one of Scotland's major public health challenges.

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