Rectum Carried Drugs May Spread Hepatitis a among Drug Addicts
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 17 (1), 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365548509070411
Abstract
An hepatitis A epidemic among 36 persons, mainly drug addicts, occurring over an 18-week period, is described. There were indications that smuggling and transportation of narcotic drugs in the rectum started the outbreak, either through direct contamination of the drug or manipulation of the drug resulting in contaminated fingers.Keywords
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