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Positive deviance control-case life history: a method to develop grounded hypotheses about successful long-term avoidance of infection

BACKGROUND: Prevalence rates for long-term injection drug users in some localities surpass 60% for HIV and 80% for HCV. We describe methods for developing grounded hypotheses about how some injectors avoid infection with either virus. METHODS: Subjects: 25 drug injectors who have injected drugs 8 –...

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Autores principales: Friedman, Samuel R, Mateu-Gelabert, Pedro, Sandoval, Milagros, Hagan, Holly, Jarlais, Don C Des
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2329618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18366699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-94