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Auteur A. UUSKULA |
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A. UUSKULA ; L. G. JOHNSTON ; M. RAAG ; A. TRUMMAL ; A. TALU ; D. C. DES JARLAIS |Few recent publications have highlighted theoretical and methodological challenges using respondent-driven sampling (RDS). To explore why recruitment with RDS may work in some populations and not in others, we assess the implementation of RDS to[...]![]()
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L. WIESSING ; M. FERRI ; V. BELACKOVA ; P. CARRIERI ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; C. FOLCH ; K. DOLAN ; B. GALVIN ; P. VICKERMAN ; J. V. LAZARUS ; V. MRAVCIK ; M. KRETZSCHMAR ; V. SYPSA ; A. SARASA-RENEDO ; A. UUSKULA ; D. PARASKEVIS ; L. MENDAO ; D. ROSSI ; N. VAN GELDER ; L. MITCHESON ; L. PAOLI ; C. DIAZ GOMEZ ; M. MILHET ; N. DASCALU ; J. KNIGHT ; G. HAY ; E. KALAMARA ; R. SIMON ; C. M. COMISKEY ; C. ROSSI ; P. GRIFFITHS ; EUBEST working group |Background and aims: Despite advances in our knowledge of effective services for people who use drugs over the last decades globally, coverage remains poor in most countries, while quality is often unknown. This paper aims to discuss the histori[...]![]()
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S. VOROBJOV ; A. UUSKULA ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; K. ABEL-OLLO ; A. TALU ; K. RÜÜTEL |This study assesses relationships between drug administration routes and HIV serostatus, drug use, and sexual behaviors among current injecting drug users (IDUs) in Tallinn, Estonia. We recruited 350 IDUs for a cross-sectional risk behavior surv[...]![]()
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D. WERB ; R. N. BLUTHENTHAL ; G. KOLLA ; C. STRIKE ; A. H. KRAL ; A. UUSKULA ; D. DES JARLAIS |Just over 10 years have passed since public health experts called for an update to the "infection risk reduction hierarchy". At the time Vlahov et al. noted that HIV prevention programs for people who inject drugs (PWID), 13% of whom are estimat[...]![]()
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A. UUSKULA ; A. TALU ; S. VOROBJOV ; M. SALEKESIN ; J. RANNAP ; L. LEMSALU ; D. DES JARLAIS |Background: The spread of illicitly manufactured fentanyl has the potential to greatly increase the fatal overdoses in many places in the world. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the evolution of fentanyl use epidemic in Estonia. Methods:[...]![]()
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A. TALU ; Rajaleid K ; K. ABEL-OLLO ; K. RÜÜTEL ; Rahu M ; T. RHODES ; L. PLATT ; Bobrova N ; A. UUSKULA |BACKGROUND: Following a heroin shortage, fentanyl and 3-methylfentanyl, known as "China White" and "White Persian", have become the most widely used drugs, along with amphetamine, among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Tallinn, Estonia. METHODS: I[...]![]()
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L. WIESSING ; E. KALAMARA ; J. STONE ; P. ALTAN ; L. VAN BAELEN ; A. FOTIOU ; D. GARCIA ; J. GOULAO ; B. GUARITA ; V. HOPE ; M. JAUFFRET-ROUSTIDE ; L. JURGELAITIENE ; M. KABERG ; A. KAMARULZAMAN ; L. LEMSALU ; A. KIVITE-URTANE ; B. KOLARIC ; L. MONTANARI ; M. ROSINSKA ; L. SAVA ; I. HORVATH ; T. SEYLER ; V. SYPSA ; A. TARJAN ; I. YIASEMI ; R. ZIMMERMANN ; M. FERRI ; K. DOLAN ; A. UUSKULA ; P. VICKERMAN |Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are frequently incarcerated, which is associated with multiple negative health outcomes. Aim: We aimed to estimate the associations between a history of incarceration and prevalence of HIV and HCV infe[...]