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The prevalence and incidence of HIV among injection drug users


HIV Infection among Persons who inject Drugs - PubMed Central

The transmission of HIV through the multi-person use (“sharing”) of drug injection equipment is a relatively efficient method of transmitting HIV. There have ...

The prevalence and incidence of HIV among injection drug users

A structured questionnaire which elicited injection and sexual behaviors was administered and blood was obtained by venipduncture. All participants were ...

HIV Infection and HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Persons Who ...

In the United States, 10% of HIV infections diagnosed in 2018 were attributed to unsafe injection drug use or male-to-male sexual contact among ...

HIV among injecting drug users: current epidemiology, biologic ...

In this review of recent research, we focus on potential transitions from IDU-concentrated epidemics to generalized heterosexual epidemics.

Injection Drug Use | HIV Risk and Prevention - CDC

People who inject drugs account for about 1 in 10 HIV diagnoses in the United States. Syringe services programs (SSPs) can play a role in preventing HIV and ...

People who inject drugs - Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes

Injecting drug use accounts for approximately 10% of new HIV infections globally (UNAIDS, 2020). And an estimated 23–39% of new HCV infections occur among ...

The prevalence of people who inject drugs among those with HIV ...

One of the most important routes of HIV transmission is through injections of drugs, and this group, due to unawareness of their infection, ...

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject ...

Pooled HIV incidence was 1·7 per 100 person-years (95% CI 1·3–2·3; I2=98·4%) and pooled HCV incidence was 12·1 per 100 person-years (10·0–14·6; ...

Articles Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among ...

Our aim was to determine the prevalence of injecting drug use among individuals aged 15–64 years, and of HIV among people who inject drugs.

Rapid Decline in HIV Incidence Among Persons Who Inject Drugs ...

Estimated coverage of the target population was 88% (71%–100%; 7113 questionnaires/blood samples from 3320 PWID). The prevalence of HIV infection was 16.5%. The ...

Injection drug use practices and HIV infection among people who ...

HIV prevalence was 9.5% (95% CI 6.6–13.3). Sharing needles at least half of the time in the previous six months was positively associated with ...

HIV and risk environment for injecting drug users - The Lancet

Of 94 studies identified, 25 intentionally examined risk environments. Modelling of HIV epidemics showed substantial heterogeneity in the number of HIV ...

U.S. Statistics | HIV.gov

People who inject drugs accounted for 7% (2,300) of the 31,800 estimated new HIV infections in 2022. Men who inject drugs accounted for 4% ( ...

Preventing HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk ...

There are an estimated 13.2 million injecting drug users (IDUs) world-wide—78 percent of whom live in developing or transitional countries. The sharing of ...

The Global HIV Epidemics among People Who Inject Drugs

Multi-country: Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among ... reducing HIV risk behavior and HIV seroconversion among injecting drug users.

HIV among people who inject drugs: Data factsheet - EUDA

2022 data showed an increase in new HIV notifications linked to injecting drug use in the EU and Norway (992 new diagnosis, 5.9 % of new HIV ...

HIV and people who use drugs — Human rights fact sheet series 2021

People who inject drugs, including people in prisons and other closed settings, have a right to equal enjoyment of the highest attainable.

Epidemiology of HIV Among Injecting and Non-injecting Drug Users

We provide a global overview of the epidemiology of HIV infection among drug users and present current drug use trends that may constitute important epidemic ...

Infectious Diseases Continue to Spread Among People Who Inject ...

This issue of. CHART highlights the increasing incidence of HIV and infectious diseases among. Philadelphia residents who use drugs and the need ...

Injection Drug Use: - IDUs and HIV Infection in DC - DC Health

The Department is convinced that the expansion of needle exchange programs has resulted in this decrease in new HIV/AIDS cases. This third report in the series ...