Plasma virome and the risk of blood-borne infection in persons with substance use disorder

Spread of bloodborne infections, such as HCV and HIV, is a problem, particularly amongst people who inject drugs (PWID). Here, the authors describe and then confirm in observational PWID cohorts that those with more non-pathogenic viruses in plasma were more likely later to acquire HCV than PWID who...

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Main Authors: Abraham J. Kandathil, Andrea L. Cox, Kimberly Page, David Mohr, Roham Razaghi, Khalil G. Ghanem, Susan A. Tuddenham, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Jennifer L. Evans, Kelly E. Coller, Winston Timp, David D. Celentano, Stuart C. Ray, David L. Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26980-8