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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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Is It Time for Treatment as Prevention Among People Who Inject Drugs?

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2013
R. Douglas Bruce
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Drug-related stigma and access to care among people who inject drugs in Vietnam. [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction and aimsThere are considerable challenges faced by people with a history of injecting drug use (PWID) in Vietnam, including drug-related stigma and lack of access to healthcare.
Ahern, Amon, Andersen, Brislin, Degenhardt, Fletcher, Giang, Goffman, Golberstein, Herek, Kalichman, Latkin, Li, Li, Link, Livingston, Lloyd, Luoma, Luoma, Mathers, Nguyen, Nyblade, Rao, Reid, Rudolph, Saitz, Simmonds, Strathdee, Sun, Thanh, Tomori, Van Nguyen, Vlahov, Walsh   +33 more
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Hepatitis B vaccination for people who inject drugs

The Lancet, 2015
Tim Weaver and colleagues’ Article is the fourth randomised controlled trial to show that contingency management can increase hepatitis B vaccination completion in people who inject drugs. Although the completion rates reported in the study by Weaver and colleagues (9%, 45%, and 49%) are consistent with previous observational research, which has ...
Koye Balogun, Katelyn J. Cullen, Sema Mandal, Vivian Hope, Fortune Ncube   +4 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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Commentary: the value of PrEP for people who inject drugs

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2016
IntroductionThe offer of pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as an additional option for HIV prevention for people at substantial risk of HIV infection as part of combination HIV prevention approaches. Implementing this depends on integrating PrEP in public health programmes that address risky practices with evidence‐based interventions, and
Susie McLean, Rosalind Coleman
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Review article:treatment as prevention - targeting people who inject drugs as a pathway towards hepatitis C eradication [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. HCV predominates in people who inject drugs; a group in whom anti-viral therapy has previously been withheld on the basis of chaotic lifestyles and associated ...
Aspinall, Aspinall, Barth, Berenguer, Bojovic, Callahan, Cavalcante, Coats, Cornberg, Corson, Craine, Davis, Dowdle, Edlin, European Association for Study of Liver, Fisher, Gilles, Grebely, Hagan, Hagan, Hagan, Hellard, Hellard, Hellard, Hellard, Hickman, Honegger, Hullegie, Innes, Innes, Joshi, Kim, Larney, Larney, Levy, MacArthur, MacArthur, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Midgard, Pawlotsky, Rein, Ren, Robinson, Sharma, Sherman, Siddiqui, Simons, Soulier, Suryaprasad, Swadling, Swain, Tait, Taylor, Tomkins, Turner, Valerio, Vickerman, Vos, Walter, Wandeler, Webster, Williams, Wong   +68 more
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A stochastic differential equation model for the spread of HIV amongst people who inject drugs [PDF]

, 2016
In this paper, we introduce stochasticity into the deterministic differential equation model for the spread of HIV amongst people who inject drugs (PWIDs) studied by Greenhalgh and Hay [10]. This was based on the original model constructed by Kaplan [17]
Greenhalgh, David, Liang, Yanfeng, Mao, Xuerong   +2 more
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Not in the vein: 'missed hits', subcutaneous and intramuscular injections and associated harms among people who inject psychoactive drugs in Bristol, United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The extent of intentional or accidental subcutaneous and intramuscular injections and the factors associated with these have rarely been studied among people who inject drugs, yet these may play an important role in the acquisition bacterial ...
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Anonymous, Binswanger, Brett, CDC, Coffin, Darke, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, F. Ncube, Fink, Hankins, Harris, Heckathorn, Heckathorn, Hickman, Hickman, Hope, Hope, Hope, Hope, Hope, J.V. Parry, Judd, Lake, Latkin, Lowy, M. Hickman, MacArthur, Mackenzie, Maliphant, Marks, McColl, Mills, Mullan, Nicoll, Ogston-Tuck, Palmateer, Pieper, Pirozzi, Pizzey, Public Health England, Rhodes, Rhodes, Salganik, Salmon, Scott, Scott, V.D. Hope   +47 more
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