Drug injection is one way in which human immunodeficiency virus is transmitted. Health programmes should take into account epidemiological differences between more experienced and new drug injectors.
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Friedman, S., Neaigus, A., Abdul-Quader, A. et al. AIDS and the new drug injector. Nature 339, 333–334 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/339333a0
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