Hepatitis C virus infection among prisoners in the California state correctional system.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on June 09, 2005

Authors

Rena K Fox1, Sue L Currie, Jennifer Evans, Teresa L Wright, Leslie Tobler, Bruce Phelps, Michael P Busch, Kimberly A Page-Shafer

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, 94105, USA.

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