Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Science Center of Medical Ecology, Irkutsk, Russia
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.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2007, No. 1, P. 70—72