Addiction Medicine
New findings in the area of addiction medicine described
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 30th, 2005
Study 1: Drug users in Ireland remain vulnerable to bloodborne pathogens.
"Injecting drug users are at high-risk of bloodborne virus infections including hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)," scientists in Ireland report.
L. Grogan and colleagues, Cherry Orchard Hospital, conducted a study "to document screening for and immunization against bloodborne viruses and to determine the known prevalence and incidence of these infections."
They performed "a cross-sectional survey...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-11-30)
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