Survival of Hepatitis C Virus in Syringes Is Dependent on the Design of the Syringe-Needle and Dead Space Volume

BACKGROUND: Many people who inject drugs (PWID) use syringes with detachable needles, which have high dead space (HDS). Contaminated HDS blood may substantially contribute to the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and other blood-borne viruses within this population. Newly designed low dead spa...

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Autores principales: Binka, Mawuena, Paintsil, Elijah, Patel, Amisha, Lindenbach, Brett D., Heimer, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26536599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139737

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26536599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139737

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