High Prevalence of Abandoned Needlesticks from Injecting Drug Users in Milton Keynes, UK: Analysing Access to Needle Exchange Centres and Drug Dependency Services

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-80
Author(s):  
Dushyant Mital ◽  
Steve Conway ◽  
Joanne Trueman
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Needle Exchange ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Drug Dependency ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Milton Keynes

High prevalence of chronic hepatitis C in injecting drug users in Tanzania, East Africa: a neglected burden of disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. S416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Mohamed ◽  
J. Mbwambo ◽  
J. Rwegasha ◽  
Y. Shimakawa ◽  
S. Bhagani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Hepatitis ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Chronic Hepatitis C ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
High Prevalence

scholarly journals High Prevalence of HIV, HCV, HBV and Co-Infection and Associated Risk Factors among Injecting Drug Users in Yunnan Province, China

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e42937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Heng Zhou ◽  
Zhi-Hong Yao ◽  
Feng-Liang Liu ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
Li Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

scholarly journals The contribution of two Brazilian multi-center studies to the assessment of HIV and HCV infection and prevention strategies among injecting drug users: the AjUDE-Brasil I and II Projects

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 771-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa ◽  
Francisco I. Bastos ◽  
Lívia Leite de Freitas ◽  
Sueli Aparecida Mingoti ◽  
Fernando Augusto Proietti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Syringe Exchange ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Syringe Exchange Programs ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
High Prevalence

This study assessed 1,144 Brazilian injecting drug users (IDUs) recruited on the street through outreach syringe exchange programs by two multi-center cross-sectional studies: 287 IDUs were recruited during the AjUDE-Brasil I Project and 857 during the AjUDE-Brasil II Project. IDU characteristics related to drug use and sexual behavior, and legal and health conditions for the two studies were compared, using decision tree and logistic regression for each individual study, with HIV infection as the outcome. Fifty-two percent of IDUs were HIV-infected in AjUDE I versus 36.5% in AjUDE II. In both studies, HIV infection was independently associated with: mean background HIV prevalence for each site (OR = 2.17; 10.66), HCV seropositive status (OR = 19.79; 15.48), and men who reported ever having sex with other men (OR = 2.10; 2.09). Incarceration (OR = 1.41) and 8 or more years of injecting drug (OR = 2.13) were also associated with HIV in AjUDE II. The high HIV infection rates and high prevalence of both parenteral and sexual risk behaviors in the context of syringe-exchange programs are of great concern and demand thorough surveillance and renewed prevention strategies.

scholarly journals High Prevalence of HIV-1 Intersubtype B′/C Recombinants among Injecting Drug Users in Dehong, China

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. e65337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxu Han ◽  
Minghui An ◽  
Bin Zhao ◽  
Song Duan ◽  
Shaomin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Hiv 1

High Prevalence of HIV Infection Associated With Incarceration Among Community-Based Injecting Drug Users in Tehran, Iran

2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saman Zamani ◽  
Masahiro Kihara ◽  
Mohammad M. Gouya ◽  
Mohsen Vazirian ◽  
Bijan Nassirimanesh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injecting Drug Users ◽  
Community Based ◽  
High Prevalence
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