Infection rate discovery (From Oxford Mail)
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Infection rate discovery
11:10am Monday 4th February 2013 in Oxford
Researchers from Oxford University have found that each drug user contracting Hepatitis C is likely to infect around 20 other people with the virus.
The study suggests that half of the transmissions occur in the first two years after a user is first infected.