Viral Transmission

Steroid injection not a major factor in hepatitis B and C transmission

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 11th, 2002

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Officials in Australia do not consider the injection of illicit steroids a major risk factor for transmitting hepatitis C or B viruses (HCV, HBV), but they do acknowledge that such behavior should be addressed in infection prevention programs.

Investigators at the MacFarlane Burnet Center for Medical Research in Victoria, Australia recently concluded a seroprevalence study that revealed important facts about HBV and HCV transmission among the users of anabolic/androgenic steroids. Apparently, the injection of such drugs was not the primary mode of viral transmission among the users, instead, the use of other illegal drugs as...

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