HCV_BE_06_EXTRA: Hepatitis C Serological Survey Data in IDUs (extra) (Belgium,...

Description Usage Format Details Source Examples

Description

The Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of known liver disease in most industrialized countries. Mathei et al. (2006) presented a study of HCV infection among injected drug users (IDUs). The data consists of IDUs from three areas in Belgium: Charleroi, Antwerp, and the province of Limburg.

Usage

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data("HCV_BE_06_EXTRA")

Format

A data frame with 421 observations on the following 2 variables.

duration

A numeric vector containing the duration of injection.

infected

A numeric vector containing the immunological status with regard to HCV infection (boolean).

Details

See pages 65 and 97 of the book.

Source

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16901287

Examples

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