Drug trafficking routes and hepatitis B in injection drug users, Manipur, India.
Prevalence of hepatitis B genotype C in injection drug users in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, neighboring the "Golden Triangle," correlates well with overland drug-trafficking routes, the injection drug use epidemic, and the spread of HIV. Further spread to other regions of India through mobile populations is possible.
Datta
Sibnarayan
S
ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkata, India.
Banerjee
Arup
A
Chandra
Partha K
PK
Mahapatra
Pradip K
PK
Chakrabarti
Shekhar
S
Chakravarty
Runu
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*
D004279:DNA, Viral; D013287:Illicit Drugs