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Prevention of HIV infection in street-recruited injection drug users

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Needle exchange programs and behavioral interventions may be effective in preventing HIV infection among drug addicts, according to a study of 2,306 drug addicts. Reducing the frequency of injection and participation in drug treatment also reduced the risk of HIV infection.

Author: Holmberg, Scott D., Vlahov, David, Kerndt, Peter R., Monterroso, Edgar R., Hamburger, Merle E., Des Jarlais, Don C., Ouellet, Lawrence J., Altice, Frederick L., Byers, Robert H., Watters, John K., Bowser, Benjamin P., Fernando, M. Daniel
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
Prevention

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Injection-related risk behaviors in young urban and suburban injection drug users in Chicago (1997-1999)

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Intravenous drug addicts who live in suburban areas are at high risk of acquiring HIV infection or hepatitis C because they are more likely to share needles than urban addicts, according to a study of 700 addicts. In this study, the rates of HIV infection and hepatitis C were lower in suburban addicts, but this could change given their risky behavior.

Author: Monterroso, Edgar R., Ouellet, Lawrence J., Thorpe, Lorna E., Huo, DeZheng, Bailey, Susan L.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2001
United States, Risk factors, Hepatitis C

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Detection of acute HIV infections in high-risk patients in California

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A study was performed to determine the rate of acute HIV infection, HIV RNA testing on pooled HIV antibody-negative specimens from persons seeking care at San Francisco City Clinic (SFCC) and from men seeking care at 3 STD clinics in Los Angeles. The addition of HIV RNA screening to routine HIV antibody testing in STD clinics identified a substantial increased proportion of HIV-infected persons at high risk for further HIV transmission, who would have been missed by routine HIV counseling and testing protocols.

Author: Holmberg, Scott D., Klausner, Jeffrey D., Kerndt, Peter R., Taylor, Melanie, Gonzalez, Anthony, Patel, Pragna, Bacon, Oliver M., Liska, Sally, Wong, William, Harvey, Sydney, Kohn, Robert P.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2006
California, Care and treatment, Diagnosis, HIV patients, Critically ill

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Subjects list: Behavior, HIV infection, HIV infections, Drug addicts, Drug abusers
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