Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection in Youth With Illicit Drug Use: Sociodemographic Evaluation and HCV Genotype Analysis

Abstract

Objective: Injection drug use is a gradually increasing mode of transmission for hepatitis C virus (HCV) among adolescents and young adults. In our analysis, we aimed to present some demographic data, treatment compliance and responses, and HCV genotype analyses of the opioid-dependent adolescents and young adults who were referred to a gastroenterology clinic.