HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING AMONG INJECTION DRUG USERS NEEDS TO CONTINUE

A Comparison of Consumer-Controlled and Traditional HIV Counseling and Testing: Implications for Screening and Outreach among Injection Drug Users

Recent advances in HIV antiretroviral therapy and the availability of prophylaxis for opportunistic infections, combined with the opportunity to prevent perinatal HIV infection, underscores the value of early diagnosis of HIV infection. HIV antibody home test kits offer individuals the opportunity to collect a blood sample, send it anonymously to a laboratory, and receive counseling and referra...

Comorbidities among HIV-infected injection drug users in Chennai, India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE HIV-infected injection drugs users (IDUs) are known to have high rates of co-infections. A few reports exist on comorbidities among HIV-infected IDUs in India. We carried out a retrospective study to analyse data on comorbidities in India and treatment challenges faced when treating HIV-infected IDUs in India. METHODS A retrospective chart review of 118 HIV-infected IDU...

HIV incidence among injection drug users in Vancouver.

Prevalence of HIV among injection drug users in Georgia

BACKGROUND Injection drug use remains a major risk factor for HIV transmission in Georgia. The study aims to characterize the prevalence of HIV among injection drug users in Georgia. METHODS A cross-sectional, anonymous bio-behavioural survey to assess knowledge and behaviour in injection drug users in combination with laboratory testing on HIV status was conducted in five Georgian cities (Tb...

A2 HIV transmission networks among injection drug users in Pakistan

Twenty patients with hemophilia (HP) were diagnosed with HIV-1, one to two years after exposure to domestic clotting factor IX (DCF), in 1989–90. Previous analysis of pol and vif genes confirmed that HIV-1 transmission to 20 HPs occurred through infusion of DCF. In this study, we determined full-length env gene sequences (about 2,550 bp) in 21 HPs, three plasma donors whose plasma were used in ...