Incidence of Hepatitis B and HIV Virus at Cadaver of IV Drug Abusers in Tehran

Injection drug use has been the most growing rout of drug abuse in Iran in the past decade and it has been responsible for the transmission of HIV virus in more than two third of cases. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B in a group of IDU cadavers and...

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Main Authors: Hassan Tofigi, Mazaher Ghorbani, Mitra Akhlaghi, Asadollah Yaghmaei, Babak Mostafazadeh, Esmaeel Farzaneh, Ali Reza Mohaghegh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-01-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/17757.pdf