Sökning: "PWID"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade ordet PWID.

  1. 1. Impact of Genetic Variants in Inosine Triphosphate Pyrophosphatase and Interferon-λ4 on Natural History, Treatment Response and Ribavirin Pharmacology in Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Författare :Jesper Waldenström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hepatitis C virus; HCV; Inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase; ITPA; interferon-λ4; IFNL4; ribavirin; interferon; PWID; IP-10;

    Sammanfattning : Hepatitis C virus (HCV) impacts on global health with around 70 million chronically infected worldwide. The infection increases the risk of cirrhosis and primary liver cancer. The treatment until 2013 has been based on interferon-α and ribavirin, but is now replaced by direct acting antivirals. LÄS MER

  3. 2. HIV and hepatitis C prevention among people who inject drugs in Sweden : harm reduction policies, risk behaviour interventions and outcomes

    Författare :Niklas Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : People who inject drugs (PWID) is a heterogeneous and hard-to-reach group due to legal implications, stigma and discrimination. PWID are vulnerable to various poor health outcomes including HIV and hepatitis due to ongoing injection and sexual risk behaviours, various forms of abuse, poor health seeking behaviours, and limited access to- and retention in prevention and care programs. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in the Stockholm needle exchange program : incidence, spontaneous clearance and change in risk behaviour

    Författare :Martin Kåberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The major transmission route for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is sharing of unsterile injection equipment (needle/syringes and paraphernalia). Needle exchange programs (NEP) reduce injection risk behaviour and HCV spread among people who inject drugs (PWID). WHO has set a goal to eliminate HCV by the year 2030. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Hepatitis C virus infection in patients receiving opiate substitution therapy in Sweden

    Författare :Anna Jerkeman; Enheten för infektionssjukdomar; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood borne virus effectively spread through injection practices. Consequently, people who inject drugs (PWID) are at the center of the current HCV epidemic in industrialized countries, with regards both to prevalence and incidence. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Inferring transmission dynamics from HIV-1 genealogies

    Författare :George Makau Nduva; Systemvirologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV-1; phylogenetics; risk groups; transmission dynamics;

    Sammanfattning : With a national prevalence of 4.9% in the adult population, the HIV-1 epidemic in Kenya is the fifth largest in the world. LÄS MER