Temporal trends of hepatitis C virus transmission in internally displaced people who inject drugs in Odessa, Ukraine
Journal: medRxiv
Year: 2021

Abstract Background Due to practical challenges associated with genetic sequencing in low resource environments, the burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in forcibly displaced people is understudied. We examined the use of field-applicable HCV sequencing methods and phylogenetic analysis to determine HCV transmission dynamics in internally displaced people who inject drugs (IDPWID) due to war in eastern Ukraine. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we used modified respondent-driven sampling to r