2020-01-10Zeitschriftenartikel
High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and low level of awareness among people who recently started injecting drugs in a cross-sectional study in Germany, 2011–2014: missed opportunities for hepatitis C testing
Enkelmann, Julia; Gassowski, Martyna; Nielsen, Stine; Wenz, Benjamin; Roß, Stefan; Marcus, Ulrich; Bremer, Viviane; Zimmermann, Ruth; DRUCK Study group
Background
In Germany, risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highest among people who inject drugs (PWID). New injectors (NI) are particularly vulnerable for HCV-acquisition, but little is known about health seeking ...