HCV prevalence can predict HIV epidemic potential among people who inject drugs: mathematical modeling analysis.

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Published in BMC Public Health on December 03, 2016

Authors

Vajiheh Akbarzadeh1,2, Ghina R Mumtaz3,4, Susanne F Awad1, Helen A Weiss5, Laith J Abu-Raddad6,7,8

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Cornell University, Doha, Qatar.
2: Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, USA.
3: Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Cornell University, Doha, Qatar. Ghina.Mumtaz@lshtm.ac.uk.
4: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. Ghina.Mumtaz@lshtm.ac.uk.
5: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
6: Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Cornell University, Doha, Qatar. lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu.
7: Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, USA. lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu.
8: College of Public Health, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar. lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu.

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