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Drug Use and Hepatitis

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/
Develops and applies disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities to improve the health of people in the United States.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 50, no. 19 (May 18, 2001)
Focuses on injection drug use and related health concerns and develop interventions to prevent substance abuse and infections among injection drug users (IDUs). (Adobe Acrobat File)
Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease (updated October 2000)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/
A respected scientific research institution that studies and disseminates information on drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common chronic blood-borne infection in the United States. HCV is now endemic among injection drug users (IDUs)
NIDA Notes: Facts About Drug Use and Hepatitis C
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