Survival of Hepatitis C Virus in Syringes: Implication for Transmission among Injection Drug Users
Paintsil E, He H, Peters C, Lindenbach BD, Heimer R. Survival of Hepatitis C Virus in Syringes: Implication for Transmission among Injection Drug Users. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2010, 202: 984-990. PMID: 20726768, PMCID: PMC2932767, DOI: 10.1086/656212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusInjection drug usersDrug usersC virusHigh prevalenceInsulin syringesViable virusTuberculin syringesHCV infectivityResidual volumeReporter virusDay 1Prevention strategiesDay 7Microculture assayDay 63VirusLuciferase activitySyringesDegrees CPrevalenceVirus survivalSurvivalVirus decay ratesDays
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