intravenous

They may require oxygen or intravenous fluid or even be put on a ventilator to help them breathe, according to the CDC.

Except, in recent months images have emerged showing weak, dehydrated children - some as young as seven - hooked up to intravenous drips.

An intravenous drip is hooked up to the wall next to Elkana.

Now he is one of thousands of Fijians to have contracted the bloodborne virus in recent years – many of them aged 19 or younger, and many of them through intravenous drug use.

Prosecutors argue that he tampered with intravenous medicines to induce cardiac arrests, as a means of getting revenge against colleagues.