HIV-contaminated syringes are not evidence of transmission [2]

AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1905-

  Lopman, Ben A ^a   French, Katherine M ^a   Baggaley, Rebecca ^b   Gregson, Simon ^a,c   Garnett, Geoff P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYRINGE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; SYRINGES;

EID: 33748477681     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000244215.00704.73     Document Type: Letter

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