Leishmania in discarded syringes from intravenous drug users

被引：101

作者：

Cruz, I

Morales, MA

Noguer, I

Rodríguez, A

Alvar, J ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Inst Salud Carlos III, Ctr Nacl Microbiol, Serv Parasitol, WHO Collaborating Ctr Leishmaniasis, Madrid 28220, Spain

[2] Minist Sanidad & Consumo, Secretaria Plan Nacl Sida, Madrid, Spain

[3] Medicos Mundo Espana, Desk Cuarto Mundo, Madrid, Spain

来源：

LANCET | 2002年 / 359卷 / 9312期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08160-6

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Needle sharing by Intravenous drug users (IVDUs) has been proposed as providing an alternative, artificial, and anthroponotic cycle for leishmania transmission. We looked for parasites In syringes discarded by IVDUs using two different PCR techniques. Leishmania spp were detected In 65 (52%) of 125 syringes collected In southern Madrid, Spain, In 1998, and In 52 (34%) of 154 collected In southwestern Madrid In 2000-01. We found shared restriction fragment length polymorphisms In 1.2 of 65 positive samples tested, suggesting that syringe sharing can Indeed promote the spread of leishmania clones among IVDUs.

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页码：1124 / 1125

页数：2

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