Incarceration is a major risk factor for blood-borne infection among intravenous drug users: Incarceration and blood borne infection among intravenous drug users

BACKGROUND: There is a strong association between hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection which are mainly transmitted by contamination with blood via intravenous drug abuse (IVDU) or sexual contact. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of...

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Autores principales: Mir-Nasseri, Mohammad Mehdi, MohammadKhani, Ashraf, Tavakkoli, Hamid, Ansari, Esmaeil, Poustchi, Hossein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22087111

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