This study examines patterns of injecting drug use and hepatitis C (HCV) risk behavior among injecting drug users. A survey of injecting drug users attending needle and syringe programs (NSPs) in the Sydney metropolitan area and members of NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA) yielded 336 responses. Demographic, behavioral and drug-use information was collected from injecting drug users aged fr...

prison inmates are among the high risk population for dangerous infections such hiv, hbv, hcv and other contagious diseases. in spit of many data about the prevalence and risk factors for blood born diseases among prisoners in the world, such data are spares from iran. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors for hiv, hbv, hcv and hdv infections among a ...

background hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the main cause of infection that has the potential to cause chronic liver disease. injecting drug users (idus) have a key role in hcv transmission in iran. knowledge of the distribution of various genotypes is essential for successful future research and control strategies. objectives the aim of this study was to identify hcv genotypes among chronic infecte...

Bacteremia by Pandoraea spp. has rarely been described before. We report the first case of a P. pnomenusa possible prosthetic valve endocarditis, according to modified Duke criteria, in 37-year old male injecting drug user suffering from recurrent endocarditis. Furthermore, we demonstrate biofilm formation isolates this patient and investigate antibiotic resistance.

BACKGROUND Requiring help injecting was recently associated with syringe sharing, and later HIV-1 and HCV seroconversion among injection drug users (IDU) in Vancouver. This risk factor remains poorly understood. The present study investigates this risk factor among Vancouver IDUs. METHODS We evaluated factors associated with requiring help injecting among participants enrolled in the Vancouve...

The shared use of syringes and needles was recognized as being associated with HIV transmission among injecting drug users at the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Commonly referred to as syringe sharing or needle sharing, it involves two or more drug users sequentially using the same needle and/or syringe in order to inject a dose of liquefied drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, amphetamines or bupr...

The shared use of syringes and needles was recognized as being associated with HIV transmission among injecting drug users at the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Commonly referred to as syringe sharing or needle sharing, it involves two or more drug users sequentially using the same needle and/or syringe in order to inject a dose of liquefied drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, amphetamines or bupr...