[Epidemiological characteristic of viral hepatitis C in large industrial city settings].
Prevalence of hepatitis C between different groups of population of Irkutsk is described and leading role (73.3%) of injection drug use as a risk factor has been shown. It has been established that persons with alcoholism and unemployed persons are additional groups of risk of HCV-infection.
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D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D014478:Unemployment; D014505:Urban Population