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

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: William A. Zule (مؤلف), Poonam G. Pande (مؤلف), David Otiashvili (مؤلف), Georgiy V. Bobashev (مؤلف), Samuel R. Friedman (مؤلف), V. Anna Gyarmathy (مؤلف), Don C. Des Jarlais (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
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Abstract 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 pro...