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Disinfection of Syringes Contaminated With Hepatitis C Virus by Rinsing With Household Products
Background. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID) is associated with the sharing of injection paraphernalia. People who inject drugs often “disinfect” used syringes with household products when new syringes are unavailable. We assessed the effectiveness of these p...
Autores principales: | Binka, Mawuena, Paintsil, Elijah, Patel, Amisha, Lindenbach, Brett D., Heimer, Robert |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26034767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv017 |
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