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Chronic unilateral groin pain in a young patient who injects drugs: a case report of needle fragment retentions

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022
Background Subcutaneously retained needle fragments in people who inject drugs (PWIDs) are a possible cause of local symptoms, most commonly pain and infections. It remains unknown how common retained needle fragments are among PWIDs. Case presentation A
Heidi Laukkala, Otso Arponen, Mika O Murto, Olli PO Nevalainen   +3 more
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Caring for people who inject drugs when they are admitted to hospital [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2021
The number of people who inject drugs in Canada increased from 130 000 in 2011 to 171 900 in 2016.[1][1] Reported hospital admissions for patients with injection-associated infective endocarditis in Ontario increased 5-fold from 34 in 1997 to 176 in 2014.[2][2] Clinicians should use a ...
Brothers, Thomas D., Fraser, John, Webster, Duncan   +2 more
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The prevalence of people who inject drugs among those with HIV late presentation: a meta-analysis

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
Background One of the most important routes of HIV transmission is through injections of drugs, and this group, due to unawareness of their infection, causes the spread of HIV. The coexistence of other opportunistic infections and diseases with HIV among
Negin Farhadian, Behzad Karami Matin, Vahid Farnia, Mohammad Hossein Zamanian, Farid Najafi, Maryam Farhadian   +5 more
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HCV treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals. [PDF]

, 2013
UNLABELLED: Substantial reductions in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) cannot be achieved by harm reduction interventions such as needle exchange and opiate substitution therapy (OST) alone. Current HCV treatment is
Dillon, John, Hellard, M, Grebely, J ; https://orcid.org/, Hellard, Margaret, Goldberg, David J., Martin, Natasha K, Goldberg, DJ, Vickerman, P, Dore, Gregory J, Goldberg, David, Hickman, M ; https://orcid.org/, Hickman, Matthew, Lima, Viviane D, Grebely, J, Hutchinson, SJ, Dillon, John F.; id_orcid, Foster, Graham R., Lima, Viviane, Hickman, M, Martin, Natasha, Hutchinson, Sharon J.; id_orcid, Lima, VD, Martin, NK, Dore, Gregory J., Foster, Graham, Lima, Viviane D., Dore, Gregory, Vickerman, Peter, Goldberg, David J, Dillon, John F, Grebely, Jason, Hutchinson, Sharon, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Foster, Graham R, Dillon, JF, Dore, GJ ; https://orcid.org/, Foster, GR, Dillon, John F., Dore, GJ, Hutchinson, Sharon J, Martin, Natasha K.   +40 more
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Hepatitis C virus infection epidemiology among people who inject drugs in Europe: a systematic review of data for scaling up treatment and prevention. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Treatment options are improving and may enhance prevention; however access for PWID may be poor.
Mcdonald, B, Hope, V, Basso, M, Eramova, I, Abel-Ollo, Katri, Sperle, Ida, Michot, I, Sperle, Ide, Hatzakis Angelos, Van Houdt, Sabine, Ferri, Marica, Griffiths, Paul, Lazarus Jeffrey V., Vickerman Peter, Částková, Jitka, Rosińska, Magdalena, Tarjan, A, Maria Prins, Aleixandre, Noelia Llorens, Vivian D. Hope (605401), Klavs, I, Fouchard, Jan, Brummer-Korvenkontio, Henrikki, Grady, Bart, Matheï, Catharina, Brummer-Korvenkontio, H, Berglund, T, Kantzanou Maria, Ncube, F, Lopes, Sofia, Eramova, Irina, Struzik, M, Catharina Matheï (605402), Kostrikis, L, Abagiu, Adrian Octavian, Vickerman, P, Fouchard, J, Goldberg, David, Jauffret-Roustide, Marie, Rehak, V, Fotsiou, Nasia, Mravcik, V, Caplinskiene, Irma, Folch, Cinta, Fotiou, A, Melillo, Jackie, Kustec, T, Hobstová, Jiřina, Lazarus, JV, Lazarus, Jeffrey V., Bravo, Maria Jose, Tarján, Anna, Mathei, C, Brisacier, A-C, Prins, Maria, Demanuele, Carlo Olivari, Isabelle Giraudon, EK, Wiessing, Lucas, Fotiou, Anastasios, Martins, Helena Cortes, Nechanska, B, Hope, Vivian D., Hobstova, J, Marica Ferri (605396), Grady, B, Wiessing, L, Bollaerts, Kaat, Giraudon, Isabelle, Rosinska, M, Fotsiou, N, Bogdanova, V, Struzik, Marta, Hutchinson, Sharon, Cullen, Katelyn J., Wiessing Lucas, Ruta, S, Kustec, Tanja, Catharina Matheï, Vilar, G, Hutchinson, S, Bogdanova, Violeta, Croes, Esther, Op De Coul, Eline, Ida Sperle (605399), Origer, A, Michot, Isabelle, Klavs, Irena, Palladino, C, Angelos Hatzakis (146074), Hatzakis, Angelos, Peter Vickerman, Nesheva, E, Katelyn J Cullen, Lazarus, Jeffrey V, Camilleri, M, Tallo, Tatjana, Brisacier, Anne Claire, Hope Vivian D., Martins, HC, Bollaerts, K, Hope, Vivian D, Goldberg, D, Cullen, KJ, Prins, M, Maria Prins (339491), Gómez, Rosario Sendino, Platt, Lucy, Kantzanou, Maria, EMCDDA DRID group, Hotho, Daphne, Van Houdt, S, Martins, M, Cullen, Katelyn J, Low, Andrea, Thornton, Lelia, Hutchinson, Sharon; id_orcid, Prins Maria, Palladino, Claudia, Tefanova, Valentina, Resende, Maria Emília, Resende, E, Marica Ferri, Kalamara, Eleni, Galvin, B, Karnite, A, Gomez, RS, Zimmermann, R, Ferri, M, Strandberg, J, Bart Grady (605397), Tallo, T, Busch, M, Folch, C, Gazdag, Gábor, Strandberg, Joakim, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Maria Kantzanou (605398), Jeffrey V. Lazarus (250583), Grady Bart, Abel-Ollo, K, Mcdonald, Bethan, Nechanská, Blanka, Lopes, S, Castkova, J, Maria Kantzanou, Ferri Marica, Kopilovic, B, Ruta, Simona, Vivian D. Hope, Gazdag, G, Duran, Domingos, Galvin, Brian, Groshkova, Teodora, Arama, V, Caplinskiene, I, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Ida Sperle, Kantzanou, M, Croes, E, Garavan, C, Busch, Martin, Cruciani, Mario, Berglund, Torsten, Origer, Alain, Vilar, Graça, Melillo, J, Kopilovic, Boris, Řehák, Vratislav, Hope, VD, Cullen Katelyn J., Low, A, Matheï Catharina, Martins, Mário, Vicente, J, Angelos Hatzakis, Sperle, I, Nesheva, Elmira, Mravčík, Viktor, Platt, L, Demanuele, CO, Ncube, Fortune, Cruciani, M, Zimmermann, Ruth, Tefanova, V, Lucas Wiessing (483360), Lucas Wiessing, Thornton, L, Aleixandre, NL, Groshkova, T, Arama, Victoria, Bravo, MJ, Katelyn J. Cullen (605400), Jauffret-Roustide, M, Abagiu, AO, Sperle Ida, Op de Coul, E, Vivian D Hope, Duran, D, Kostrikis, Leontios, Karnite, Anda, Hotho, D, Yury E. Khudyakov, Bart Grady, Vickerman, Peter, BASSO, MONICA, Griffiths, P, Vicente, Julian, Peter Vickerman (210007), Katelyn J. Cullen, Hatzakis, A, Camilleri, Moses   +210 more
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Number of People who Inject Drugs in Son La, Vietnam: Population Size Estimation Based on Official Records

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2020
Aims: Estimated population sizes of key populations are critical for resource allocation as well as for monitoring program performance to prevent HIV infection.
Le Anh Tuan, Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha, Quan Dinh Nguyen, Giang Tong Le, Duong Cong Thanh, Meade Morgan, Abu S. Abdul-Quader   +6 more
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Access to needles and syringes and methadone maintenance therapy among people who inject drugs in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Access to sterile needles, syringes and methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is critical to reduce the prevalence of bloodborne virus infections among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Win Lei Yee, Bridget Draper, Kyi Thar Myint, Win Min, Hla Htay, Daniel O’Keefe, Margaret Hellard   +6 more
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HIV prevalence, related risk behaviors, and correlates of HIV infection among people who use drugs in Cambodia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Although HIV prevalence in Cambodia has declined to 0.6% among the general population, the prevalence remains high among female sex workers (14.0%) and men who have sex with men (2.3%).
Heng Sopheab, Chhorvann Chhea, Sovannary Tuot, Jonathan A. Muir   +3 more
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Reasons for Not Using Condoms by People Who Inject Drugs in Iran; Results from a Conventional Content Analysis in 2018

مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران, 2021
Background and Objectives: This qualitative study was conducted to identify reasons for not using condoms by people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran.
M Faghir Gangi, Ali Mirzazadeh, H Rastad, S Nedjat, A Rahimi-Movaghar, K Yazdani   +5 more
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The contribution of unstable housing to HIV and hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs globally, regionally, and at country level: a modelling study

The Lancet Public Health, 2022
Summary: Background: A considerable proportion of people who inject drugs are unstably housed. Although unstable housing is associated with HIV and HCV infection among people who inject drugs, its contribution to transmission is unknown.
Jack Stone, PhD, Adelina Artenie, PhD, Matthew Hickman, ProfPhD, Natasha K Martin, ProfDPhil, Louisa Degenhardt, ProfPhD, Hannah Fraser, PhD, Peter Vickerman, ProfDPhil   +6 more
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