Correlates of injecting paraphernalia sharing among male drug injectors in Kermanshah, Iran: implications for HCV prevention

Background: Sharing of injecting paraphernalia is known to contribute to hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission amongst people who inject drugs.Objectives: In this paper, we identify the variables correlated with paraphernalia sharing among male drug injectors in Kermanshah city, western Iran.Methods: We enrolled 606 male drug injectors using snowball sampling in a cross-sectional study. Serological testing for HCV, HIV and HBV infections were...