Rectum carried drugs may spread hepatitis A among drug addicts
Författare
Summary, in English
An hepatitis A epidemic among 36 persons, mainly drug addicts, occurring over an 18-week period, is described. There were indications that smuggling and transportation of narcotic drugs in the rectum started the outbreak, either through direct contamination of the drug or manipulation of the drug resulting in contaminated fingers.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
1985
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1-4
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volym
17
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Informa Healthcare
Ämne
- Infectious Medicine
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1651-1980