About the Authors
- Rachel Sacks-Davis
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* E-mail: rachelsd@burnet.edu.au
Affiliations Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Injecting Drug Use, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Galina Daraganova
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Affiliation Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Campbell Aitken
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Affiliations Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Injecting Drug Use, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Peter Higgs
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Affiliations Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Injecting Drug Use, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, The Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
- Lilly Tracy
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Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Scott Bowden
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Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Rebecca Jenkinson
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Affiliations Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Injecting Drug Use, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- David Rolls
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Affiliation Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Philippa Pattison
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Affiliation Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Garry Robins
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Affiliation Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Jason Grebely
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Affiliation The Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
- Alyssa Barry
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Affiliations Division of Infection and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Margaret Hellard
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Affiliations Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Injecting Drug Use, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RSD CA PH SB PP GR AB MH. Analyzed the data: RSD GD. Wrote the paper: RSD. Managed the data: RSD RJ CA LT. Supervised the data analysis: CA PP GR JG AB MH. Read and contributed to the manuscript: GD CA PH LT SB RJ DR PP GR JG AB MH. Coordinated the field work: PH. Conducted HCV antibody and qualitative PCR tests and genetic sequencing: LT. Supervised the HCV antibody and qualitative PCR tests and genetic sequencing: SB. Coordinated the social network analyses: DR.