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Epidemic of HIV Coupled With Hepatitis C Virus Among Injecting Drug Users of Himalayan West Bengal, Eastern India, Bordering Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh

Kamalesh Sarkar National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, KolkataIndiaView further author information
, M.D.,
Baishali Bal National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, KolkataIndiaView further author information
,
Rita Mukherjee National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, KolkataIndiaView further author information
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Sekhar Chakraborty National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, KolkataIndiaView further author information
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Swapan Kumar Niyogi National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, KolkataIndiaView further author information
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Malay Kumar Saha National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, KolkataIndiaView further author information
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Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, KolkataIndiaView further author information
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Pages 341-352 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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