Risky injection practices and HCV awareness in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: a respondent-driven sampling study of people who inject drugs

• Main Authors: Myrtille Prouté, Sophie Le Coeur, Métrey H. Tiv, Timothée Dub, Parinya Jongpaijitsakul, Anantika Ratnamhin, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Apinun Aramrattana, Marc Lallemant
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85091621989&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/70760
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are the most exposed to hepatitis C virus (HCV). In Thailand, drug use is highly criminalized, and harm reduction services are scarce. This study estimates risky injection practices and assesses the proportion of HCV awareness and screening in the PWID popu...