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Whole-mount in situ hybridization of small invertebrate embryos using laboratory mini-columns

open access: yesBioTechniques, 2007
To facilitate the handling of small invertebrate embryos during whole-mount in situ hybridization, a method of solution exchange using laboratory mini-columns was developed. This protocol speeds time-consuming aspiration of buffers, and avoids accidental
Steven Q. Irvine
doaj   +1 more source

Injection and sexual risk among people who use or inject drugs in Kampala, Uganda: An exploratory qualitative study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundCountries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have seen rapid increases in injection drug use since 2008. In Uganda, the Global Sate of Harm report and studies conducted by Makerere University Crane Surveys have estimated HIV prevalence among people ...
Julia Dickson-Gomez   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Syringe Service Programs: A Solution to Promoting Good Health & Well Being [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Syringe service programs offer crucial benefits for members and promote an overall better health and well being for society. SDG-3 is designed to promote good health and well being and syringe exchange programs (SEP) is one solution to helping achieve ...
Roth, Amy
core   +1 more source

Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Hutchinson, Sharon   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A Cost Analysis of Hospitalizations for Infections Related to Injection Drug Use at a County Safety-Net Hospital in Miami, Florida.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundInfections related to injection drug use are common. Harm reduction strategies such as syringe exchange programs and skin care clinics aim to prevent these infections in injection drug users (IDUs).
Hansel Tookes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examination of pharmacists’ support for implementation of syringe exchange programs in community pharmacies in North Carolina: a social ecological approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: In the US, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the leading bloodborne infection and injection drug use is the most common mode of transmission. North Carolina (NC) is one of the states with the highest rates of acute HCV infection.
Roberts, Heather Hinkle   +1 more
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Tuberculosis, injecting drug use and integrated HIV-TB care: a review of the literature. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and reduced retention in treatment. There is a need to document strategies for integrated delivery of HIV, TB and drug dependency care.
Grenfell, Pippa   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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