Hepatitis C transmission in injection drug users: Could swabs be the main culprit?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1839-1842

  Thibault, Vincent ^a   Bara, Jean Louis ^b   Nefau, Thomas ^c   Duplessy Garson, Catherine ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAFE ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTAINER; DRUG ABUSE; FILTER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INJECTION DRUG USER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SWAB; SYRINGE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COTTON FIBER; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYRINGES;

EID: 81055124993     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir650     Document Type: Article

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