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Options for reducing HIV transmission related to the dead space in needles and syringes

BACKGROUND: When shared by people who inject drugs, needles and syringes with different dead space may affect the probability of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission differently. METHODS: We measured dead space in 56 needle and syringe combinations obtained from needle and syringe programs a...

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Autores principales: Zule, William A., Pande, Poonam G., Otiashvili, David, Bobashev, Georgiy V., Friedman, Samuel R., Gyarmathy, V. Anna, Des Jarlais, Don C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29334973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-017-0207-5