HCV prevalence and phylogenetic characteristics in a cross‐sectional, community study of young people who inject drugs in New York City: Opportunity for and threats to HCV elimination

In the United States, the opioid epidemic has led many young people who use opioids to initiate injection drug use, putting them at risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, community surveys to monitor HCV prevalence among young people who inject drugs (YPWID) are rare.