2025
Hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs in rural United States: mathematical modeling study using stochastic agent-based network simulation
Zhu L, Havens J, Rudolph A, Young A, Yazdi G, Thompson W, Hagan L, Randall L, Wang J, Earnest R, Nolen S, Linas B, Salomon J. Hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs in rural United States: mathematical modeling study using stochastic agent-based network simulation. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2025, kwaf052. PMID: 40069947, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatitis C virusHepatitis C virus transmissionHCV acquisition riskHCV transmissionHepatitis C virus infectionHepatitis C virus epidemicHigher overall incidenceAcquisition riskOverall incidenceC virusHCV incidenceHighest prevalenceRural United StatesNetwork propertiesPopulation sizeInfectionLow heterogeneityPWIDUnited States
2019
Hepatitis C virus modelled as an indirectly transmitted infection highlights the centrality of injection drug equipment in disease dynamics
Miller-Dickson M, Meszaros V, Almagro-Moreno S, Ogbunugafor C. Hepatitis C virus modelled as an indirectly transmitted infection highlights the centrality of injection drug equipment in disease dynamics. Journal Of The Royal Society Interface 2019, 16: 20190334. PMID: 31480919, PMCID: PMC6769301, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusC virusTransmission of hepatitis C virusInjection drug equipmentModeling hepatitis C virusHepatitis C virus epidemicInjection drug usePopulation of injection drug usersInjection drug usersInjection equipmentOpioid epidemicHCV epidemicAssociated with outbreaksDrug equipmentDrug usersDrug useDiseaseHepatitisTreatment measuresPublic health interventionsTransmit infectionInfectious diseases
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