Intranasal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus: Virological and Clinical Evidence | Zendy

Sagiv Aaron | Zendy; James M. McMahon | Zendy; Danielle Milano | Zendy; Leilani Torres | Zendy; Michael C. Clatts | Zendy; Stephanie Tortu | Zendy; Donna Mildvan | Zendy; Malgorzata Simm | Zendy

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Intranasal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus: Virological and Clinical Evidence

Author(s) -

Sagiv Aaron,

James M. McMahon,

Danielle Milano,

Leilani Torres,

Michael C. Clatts,

Stephanie Tortu,

Donna Mildvan,

Malgorzata Simm

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/591699

Subject(s) - medicine , nasal administration , transmission (telecommunications) , sniffing , virology , hepatitis c virus , virus , immunology , drug , hepatitis c , pharmacology , electrical engineering , engineering , anatomy

Intranasal transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) via contaminated drug-sniffing implements is a potential but unconfirmed source of viral infection. We demonstrate the virological plausibility of intranasal transmission by confirming that blood and HCV RNA are present in the nasal secretions and drug-sniffing implements of HCV-infected intranasal drug users recruited from a community health clinic in New York City.

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