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The high incidence of hepatitis C infections among drug abusers may be due in part to the use of syringes with detachable needles, which are more likely to transfer viable viruses from one user to the next, Yale University researchers...

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Tags: Liver Condition, Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Infection, Drug

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