Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 IntroductionMethamphetamine use and methamphetamine-involved deaths have increased dramatically since 2015, and opioid-related deaths now frequently involve methamphetamine.
Brittany D. Rhed +6 more
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Prevalence and predictors of self-reported risk behaviors among male injecting drug users
Indian Journal of Public Health, 2019 Background: Unsafe injecting drug use is a documented risk factor for the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Harm reduction strategy aims at reducing this deleterious consequence. Objectives: To study the prevalence and predictors of
Deepak Sharma +5 more
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My first time: initiation into injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, north-east India
Harm Reduction Journal, 2007 Background The north-east Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland are two of the six high HIV prevalence states in the country, and the main route of HIV transmission is injecting drug use.
Langkham Biangtung +5 more
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CHALLENGES AND PARTICULARITIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN HIV-INFECTED INJECTING DRUG USERS [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 Injecting drug use became during last decade a major health public issue, both in Romania and around the world. Incidence of HIV and viral hepatitis in injecting drug users (IDUs) has dramatically increased due to the appearance of new highly addictive
Irina Ianache, Cristiana Oprea
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High-prevalence and high-estimated incidence of HIV infection among new injecting drug users in Estonia: need for large scale prevention programs. [PDF]
, 2008 OBJECTIVE: To examine HIV risk behavior and HIV infection among new injectors in Tallinn, Estonia. Design and methods Data from two cross-sectional surveys of injecting drug users (IDUs) recruited from a syringe exchange program (N = 162, Study 1) or ...
Abel, Katri +9 more
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High risk behavior for HIV transmission among former injecting drug users:a survey from Indonesia
BMC Public Health, 2010 Background Injecting drug use is an increasingly important cause of HIV transmission in most countries worldwide, especially in eastern Europe, South America, and east and southeast Asia.
Iskandar Shelly +7 more
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Hepatitis C infection among injecting drug users in England and Wales (1992-2006): there and back again? [PDF]
, 2009 Changes in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence from 1992 to 2006 were examined by using 24,311 records from unlinked anonymous surveillance of injecting drug users in England and Wales.
Hope, Vivian D +10 more
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Profiles of risk: a qualitative study of injecting drug users in Tehran, Iran
Harm Reduction Journal, 2006 Background In Iran, there are an estimated 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs). Injecting drug use is a relatively new phenomenon for this country, where opium smoking was the predominant form of drug use for hundreds of years.
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Spatial mapping of hepatitis C prevalence in recent injecting drug users in contact with services. [PDF]
, 2011 In developed countries the majority of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections occur in injecting drug users (IDUs) with prevalence in IDUs often high, but with wide geographical differences within countries.
Morongiu, A +17 more
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Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia
BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Injecting drug use is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Estimates of the size of the population of people who inject drugs are critical to inform service planning and estimate disease burden due to injecting drug use.
Sarah Larney +8 more
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