Survival of hepatitis C virus in syringes: implication for transmission among injection drug users

E PAINTSIL ; H. HE ; C PETERS ; B. D. LINDENBACH ; R. HEIMER | 2010
Dans Journal of Infectious Diseases (Vol.202, n°7, October 2010) Article : Périodique

Background. We hypothesized that the high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injection drug users might be due to prolonged virus survival in contaminated syringes. Methods. We developed a microculture assay to examine the viability of[...]

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