title: HCV rates outpacing HIV in NYC, study finds. New IDUs had greatest HCV burden.
abstract: New York investigators have found, to their surprise, that high incidence of HCV did not necessarily mean high rates of HIV. The findings show that people who have started injecting drugs have a higher HCV rate.
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D016485:Needle Sharing; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*