HIV-1 transmission in injection paraphernalia: heating drug solutions may inactivate HIV-1.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
; 22(2): 194-9, 1999 Oct 01.
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| ID: mdl-10843535
In response to recent concerns about risk of HIV-1 transmission from drug injection paraphernalia such as cookers, ethnographic methods were used to develop a descriptive typology of the paraphernalia and practices used to prepare and inject illegal drugs. Observational data were then applied in laboratory studies in which a quantitative HIV-1 microculture assay was used to measure the recovery of infectious HIV-1 in cookers. HIV-1 survival inside cookers was a function of the temperature achieved during preparation of drug solutions; HIV-1 was inactivated once temperature exceeded, on average, 65 degrees C. Although different types of cookers, volumes, and heat sources affected survival times, heating cookers 15 seconds or longer reduced viable HIV-1 below detectable levels.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones por VIH
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Abuso de Sustancias por Vía Intravenosa
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Contaminación de Equipos
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VIH-1
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Asunto de la revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos