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Virus infections are common among drug abusers and the medical complications are severe [1, 2, 3, 4]. Many infections are due to an insterile technique of injection (needle sharing); disease transmission via blood or body fluids may also be associated with sexual intercourse.
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Lockemann, U. et al. (1995). Development of hepatitis B-, hepatitis C- and HIV-prevalence among drug abuse-related fatalities (Hamburg 1984–1993). In: Mangin, P., Ludes, B. (eds) Acta Medicinæ Legalis Vol. XLIV 1994. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79523-7_60
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