@article {4948,
	title = {Survival of Hepatitis C Virus in Syringes Is Dependent on the Design of the Syringe-Needle and Dead Space Volume.},
	journal = {PloS one},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2015},
	month = {2015},
	pages = {e0139737},
	abstract = {Many people who inject drugs (PWID) use syringes with detachable needles, which have high dead space (HDS). Contaminated HDS blood may substantially contribute to the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and other blood-borne viruses within this population. Newly designed low dead space (LDS) syringe-needle combinations seek to reduce blood-borne virus transmission among PWID. We evaluated the infectivity of HCV-contaminated residual volumes recovered from two LDS syringe-needle combinations.},
	issn = {1932-6203},
	doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0139737},
	author = {Binka, Mawuena and Paintsil, Elijah and Patel, Amisha and Lindenbach, Brett D and Heimer, Robert}
}
