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Risk of severe influenza in people with a history of injection drug use in Ontario: A population-based nested case control study

Journal of Infection
Summary: Background: People who inject drugs may be at risk for influenza due to comorbidities and social determinants of health. We aimed to determine if a history of injection drug use is a risk factor for severe influenza.
Chloe S. Smith, Zuhal Mohmand, Adriyan Hrycyshyn, Maya Djerboua, Yasmeen Mann, Jennifer A. Flemming, Sudeep S. Gill, Anthony D. Bai   +7 more
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The use of alprazolam by people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2011
AbstractIntroduction and Aims. In Australia, people who inject drugs (PWID) commonly report the use of benzodiazepines (BZDs). This paper explores the emerging use of alprazolam among PWID in Melbourne, Australia.Design and Methods. This study reports on 3 years of data collected through the Victorian Illicit Drug Reporting System (2008–2010 ...
Horyniak, Danielle, Reddel, Siobhan, Quinn, Brendan, Dietze, Paul   +3 more
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HIV and hepatitis C Virus in internally displaced people with and without injection drug use experience in the region of Shida Kartli, Georgia

BMC Research Notes
Objective Internally displaced persons (IDPs) can have limited access to HIV and hepatitis C Virus (HCV) treatment and prevention. IDPs comprise > 7% of Georgian population but prevalence and levels of HIV and HCV knowledge in this population remain ...
Adrian Trovato, Maka Gogia, Ana Aslanikashvili, Tamuna Kasrashvili, Ganna Kovalenko, Anna Yakovleva, Britt Skaathun, Tetyana I. Vasylyeva   +7 more
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A global picture of injecting drug use, HIV and anti-HCV prevalence among people who inject drugs, and coverage of harm reduction interventions.

, 2017
Understanding how many people inject drugs is critically important for the effective provision of public health and harm reduction services. However, the severe stigma that is often attached to injecting drug use, and illicit nature of this behaviour ...
Larney, Sarah
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Promoting Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among People Who Inject Drugs Accessing Syringe Exchange Programs [PDF]

, 2020
People who inject drugs are at increased risk of acquiring HIV and accounted for 10% of all new diagnoses in 2018. Pre-exposure prophylaxis has been shown to reduce HIV acquisition among at-risk populations, including people who inject drugs.
Sullivan, Elena
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Characteristics of people who inject drugs (PWID) who participated in the survey by city, Afghanistan, 2019.

, 2022
Characteristics of people who inject drugs (PWID) who participated in the survey by city, Afghanistan, 2019.
Ali Mirzazadeh (2170738), Abdul Rasheed (12015243), Hamid Sharifi (525162), Said Iftekhar Sadaat (12015261), Paul Wesson (2490154), Mohammad Reza Banehsi (12015255), Fatemeh Tavakoli (8592123), Sayed Jalal Pashtoon (12015246), Ali Akbar Haghdoost (8592114), Alim Atarud (12015252), Naqibullah Hamdard (12015258), Nima Ghalekhani (12015249), Willi McFarland (211334)   +12 more
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HIV treatment cascade among people who inject drugs in Ukraine.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The HIV treatment cascade is an effective tool to track progress and gaps in the HIV response among key populations. People who inject drugs (PWID) remain the most affected key population in Ukraine with HIV prevalence of 22% in 2015.
Yana Sazonova, Roksolana Kulchynska, Yuliia Sereda, Marianna Azarskova, Yulia Novak, Tetiana Saliuk, Marina Kornilova, Mariia Liulchuk, Charles Vitek, Kostyantyn Dumchev   +9 more
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Preventing infectious diseases among people who inject drugs

People who inject drugs are at elevated risk of infectious diseases. To date, research among this population has focused on bloodborne viruses and other injecting-related diseases.
Price, Olivia ; https://orcid.org/
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Report on people who inject drugs in the South-East Asia Region

, 2010
Description: Over 500?000 people inject drugs in South-East Asia. Many are involved in high-risk injecting behaviour, and this has contributed towards the overall HIV epidemic in several countries of the Region.
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
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Let's be honest: The cycle of risk and harm for people who inject drugs in Queensland prisons

This report explores the risk environment for people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Queensland prisons, where injecting drug use continues despite surveillance, with limited access to harm reduction resources.
Kill, E, Reeve, S, Piatkowski, T, Davey, G, Mamic, J   +4 more
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