Trends in HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among injecting drug users in Europe, 2005 to 2010.

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Published in Euro Surveill on December 01, 2011

Authors

L Wiessing1, G Likatavicius, D Hedrich, B Guarita, M J van de Laar, J Vicente

Author Affiliations

1: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon, Portugal. Lucas.Wiessing@emcdda.europa.eu

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