Association between harm reduction intervention uptake and recent hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs attending sites that provide sterile injecting equipment in Scotland

E. J. ALLEN ; N. E. PALMATEER ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; S. CAMERON ; D. J. GOLDBERG ; A. TAYLOR | 2012
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.23, n°5, September 2012) Article : Périodique

Background: Prevalence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Scotland is high. The Scottish Government has invested significantly in harm reduction interventions with the goal of reducing HCV transmission among P[...]

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High risk injecting behaviour among injectors from Glasgow: cross sectional community wide surveys 1990-1999

A. TAYLOR ; D. GOLDBERG ; S. HUTCHINSON ; S. CAMERON ; R. FOX | 2001
Dans Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (Vol.55, n°10, October 2001) Article : Périodique

In 1988, the UK Departments of Health gave approval for sterile needles and syringes to be made available to injecting drug users, thus obviating their need to inject with used equipment.1 Since then, several hundred needle/syringe exchange sche[...]

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Low incidence of hepatitis C virus among prisoners in Scotland

A. TAYLOR ; A. MUNRO ; E. ALLEN ; K. DUNLEAVY ; S. CAMERON ; L. MILLER ; M. HICKMAN | 2013
Dans Addiction (Vol.108, n°7, July 2013) Article : Périodique

AIMS. To estimate hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence and HCV risk among Scottish prisoners. DESIGN. National sero-behavioural survey; dried blood spots were collected in order to identify recent HCV infections (i.e. HCV antibody-negative and HCV[...]

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Prevalence and determinants of hepatitis C virus infection among female drug injecting sex workers in Glasgow

A. TAYLOR ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; G. GILCHRIST ; S. CAMERON ; S. CARR ; D. J. GOLDBERG | 2008
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.5 n°11, 2008) Article : Périodique

ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Few studies of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have focussed on women who work as street sex workers to finance their drug use. METHODS: The investigators report the survey findings of such a populatio[...]

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The impact of needle and syringe provision and opiate substitution therapy on the incidence of hepatitis C virus in injecting drug users: pooling of UK evidence

K. M. E. TURNER ; S. HUTCHINSON ; P. VICKERMAN ; V. HOPE ; N. CRAINE ; N. E. PALMATEER ; M. MAY ; A. TAYLOR ; D. DE ANGELIS ; S. CAMERON ; J. PARRY ; M. LYONS ; D. GOLDBERG ; E. ALLEN ; M. HICKMAN | 2011
Dans Addiction (Vol.106, n°11, November 2011) Article : Périodique

AIMS To investigate whether opiate substitution therapy (OST) and needle and syringe programmes (NSP) can reduce hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission among injecting drug users (IDUs). DESIGN Meta-analysis and pooled analysis, with logistic re[...]

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Trends in HCV prevalence among injecting drug users in Glasgow and Edinburgh during the era of needle/syringe exchange

D. GOLDBERG ; S. BURNS ; A. TAYLOR ; S. CAMERON ; HARGREAVES D. ; S. HUTCHINSON | 2001
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ENGLISH : In 1998, we reported that anti-HCV prevalence among injectors from Glasgow had declined between 1990 and 1995. We set out to ascertain if the anti-HCV prevalence among injectors from Edinburgh had declined similarly during this perio[...]

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