| hepatitis c infection among injection drug users in stockholm sweden: prevalence and gender. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is widespread among injection drug users. young women seem to be at higher risk of acquiring hcv. to optimize future intervention and prevention measures, we studied the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b (hbv), and hcv infection among men and women. inclusion criteria for this cross-sectional multicentre study were: history of ever injecting drugs, age > 18 y, and no previous hiv diagnosis. in 310 participants, plasma/serum samples ... | 2009 | 19521924 |