| risk of hepatitis c virus infection among young adult injection drug users who share injection equipment. | designing studies to examine hepatitis c virus (hcv) transmission via the shared use of drug injection paraphernalia other than syringes is difficult because of saturation levels of hcv infection in most samples of injection drug users (idus). the authors measured the incidence of hcv infection in a large cohort of young idus from chicago, illinois, and determined the risk of hcv seroconversion associated with specific forms of sharing injection paraphernalia. from 1997 to 1999, serum samples ob ... | 2002 | 11914192 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c among psychiatric patients in the public sector. | this study estimated the seroprevalence of hepatitis c virus in a public-sector psychiatric hospital. | 2003 | 12505819 |
| re: "risk of hepatitis c virus among young adult injection drug users who share injection equipment". | | 2003 | 12578809 |
| cost-effectiveness of transfusion of platelet components prepared with pathogen inactivation treatment in the united states. | the intercept blood system (ibs) for platelets has been developed to reduce pathogen transmission risks during transfusions. | 2003 | 14604745 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among injection drug users in the united states, 1994-2004. | to examine hepatitis c virus (hcv) seroprevalence among injection drug users in 4 us cities from 1994 through 2004. | 2008 | 18462109 |
| ethnic differences in the presentation of chronic hepatitis c. | hispanics comprise 13% of the population in the united states and are the fastest growing minority group. features of hepatitis c in hispanics have not been well characterized. the aims of this study were to compare features of hepatitis c among hispanics, whites, and african-americans and to characterize hepatitis c infection in hispanics. a retrospective analysis was performed on 1225 consecutive patients with hepatitis c seen at the university of illinois at chicago including 227 hispanics, 5 ... | 2006 | 16436129 |
| hiv-infected inpatients in the haart era: how do hepatitis c virus coinfected patients differ? | we compared the demographics and clinical characteristics of hiv-infected patients with and without hepatitis c virus (hcv) coinfection hospitalized at cook county hospital, chicago, illinois, from october 1999 through september 2000. two hundred three (40%) of the 510 patients were coinfected with hcv. hcv coinfected patients were less likely to be on highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) and were frequently hospitalized with higher cd4 counts for non-hiv-related medical problems includi ... | 2003 | 12614516 |
| integrating viral hepatitis prevention into std clinics in illinois (excluding chicago), 1999-2005. | hepatitis b vaccination is recommended for all clients of sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics. hepatitis a vaccination and hepatitis c testing are recommended for std clinic clients who report specific risks for those viruses. in 1999, the illinois department of public health began working with local health departments in illinois (excluding chicago) to introduce hepatitis b testing and vaccination in public std clinics. hepatitis a vaccination and hepatitis c counseling and testing were ... | 2007 | 17542448 |