HEPATITIS C VIRUS PREVALENCE, MEDICAL STATUS AWARENESS AND TREATMENT ENGAGEMENT AMONG HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS: RESULTS OF A STREET OUTREACH STUDY

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a primary health concern among people who use drugs (PWUDs).Homeless PWUDs that constitute a key population for HCV transmission remain underrepresented in many surveys.Objectives: We performed a proactive street outreach to evaluate HCV infection prevalence among homeless PWUDs in Tel Aviv, identify

Much of the literature on multi-agent coalition formation has focused on rimmers Characteristic Function Games, where the effectiveness of a coalition is not affected by how the other agents are arranged in the system.In contrast, very little attention has been given to the more general class of Partition Function Games, where the emphasis is on ho

The Bugis people generally have Apparel tough character because of maritime and competitive traditions, as well as sufferings as a result of the colonialism.They also strongly copyright their honor.In West Kalimantan, the Bugis are also identical with Islam.The history of the arrival of the Bugis people in West Kalimantan can be traced, at least, t

Aim of this study was to Avena Sativa develop sensitive PCR assay for mycotoxin producing Fusarium species.Strains Fusarium oxysporum 4199 and Fusarium culmorum 4044 were used as representatives of this group.Primers JB chosen to demonstrate the affiliation to genus Fusarium were derived from ITS region of rDNA.Gene from trichothecene pathway Tri4