High HCV seroprevalence and HIV drug use risk behaviors among injection drug users in Pakistan.

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Published in Harm Reduct J on August 16, 2006

Authors

Irene Kuo1, Salman ul-Hasan, Noya Galai, David L Thomas, Tariq Zafar, Mohammad A Ahmed, Steffanie A Strathdee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. sphirk@gwumc.edu

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