Can home-made injectable opiates contribute to the HIV epidemic among injection drug users in the countries of the former Soviet Union?

N. ABDALA ; J. P. C. GRUND ; TOLSTOV Y. ; KOZLOV A. P. ; R. HEIMER | 2006
Périodique

ENGLISH : Aims Home-made preparation of heroin is common in countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU), and the addition of blood during its preparation and the use of contaminated syringes to distribute it may play a role in the rapid spread [...]

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Survival of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 after rinsing injection syringes with different cleaning solutions

N. ABDALA ; M. CROWE ; TOLSTOV Y. ; R. HEIMER | 2004
Périodique

ENGLISH : Bleaching of syringes has been advocated to prevent HIV transmission among injection drug users (IDUs). Several reports indicate that IDUs use household products to disinfect syringes instead of bleach. To test their disinfection eff[...]

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