Virology
'Shooting galleries' spawn the transmission of infectious diseases
Published in Health and Medicine Week, April 4th, 2005
According to recent research published in the journal Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, "in order to estimate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus tipe 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection in hard-to-reach intravenous drug users, 199 subjects from high risk inner-city locales, the so called 'shooting galleries', were consented, interviewed, and tested in Miami, FL, U.S."
"Positive HIV status was based on repeatedly reactive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and confirmatory Western Blot. Positive HCV status was based on reactiveELISA and...
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