HCV genotype 4 subtypes in people who inject drugs in sub-Saharan Africa

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Aug;7(8):699. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00175-3.

Authors

Matthew J Akiyama¹, Mercy Nyakowa², Lindsey R Riback³, Peter Cherutich², Ann E Kurth⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. Electronic address: makiyama@montefiore.org.
² National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP), Kenya Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
³ Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
⁴ Department of Nursing, Yale University School of Nursing, Orange, CT, USA.

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MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
Drug Users*
Genotype
Hepacivirus / genetics
Hepatitis C* / drug therapy
Hepatitis C* / epidemiology
Humans

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