Polysubstance Use and Related Risk Behaviors among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya Preparing for Hepatitis C Virus Treatment
Riback L, Nyakowa M, Lizcano J, Zhang C, Cherutich P, Kurth A, Akiyama M. Polysubstance Use and Related Risk Behaviors among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya Preparing for Hepatitis C Virus Treatment. Viruses 2024, 16: 1277. PMID: 39205251, PMCID: PMC11359571, DOI: 10.3390/v16081277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedication-assisted treatmentInjection drug usePolysubstance useHepatitis C virusReducing injection drug useBloodborne infectionsHepatitis C virus treatmentAssociated with injection drug useHepatitis C virus transmissionCannabis useMultivariate logistic regressionEquipment sharingCannabisDrug useHIV-positiveHCV treatmentAcquisition riskHeroinC virusPolysubstanceRisk behaviorsInjected drugsAccess needleRelated risk behaviorsRe-infection