Epidemiologic links between drug use and HIV epidemics: an international perspective

C. BEYRER ; A. L. WIRTZ ; S. BARAL ; A. PERYSKINA ; F. SIFAKIS | 2010
Dans Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (Vol.55, Suppl.1, December 1, 2010) Article : Périodique

Injecting use of heroin has been the highest risk substance use behavior for HIV since the beginning of the pandemic. These risks extend beyond individual levels to networks of drugs users and to wider social contexts that have been referred to [...]

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Global burden of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis in prisoners and detainees : HIV and related infections in prisoners 1

K. DOLAN ; A. L. WIRTZ ; B. MOAZEN ; M. NDEFFO-MBAH ; A. GALVANI ; S. A. KINNER ; R. COURTNEY ; M. McKEE ; J. J. AMON ; L. MAHER ; M. HELLARD ; C. BEYRER ; F. L. ALTICE | 2016
Dans Lancet (The) (Vol.388, n°10049, September 10, 2016) Article : Périodique

The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention and treatment of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. We did a comprehensive literature search of data published between 2005 and 2015 to understand t[...]

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Prevention of transmission of HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in prisoners : HIV and related infections in prisoners 3

A. KAMARULZAMAN ; S. E. REID ; A. SCHWITTERS ; L. WIESSING ; N. EL-BASSEL ; K. DOLAN ; B. MOAZEN ; A. L. WIRTZ ; A. VERSTER ; F. L. ALTICE | 2016
Dans Lancet (The) (Vol.388, n°10049, September 10, 2016) Article : Périodique

The prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis are higher in prisons than in the general population in most countries worldwide. Prisons have emerged as a risk environment for these infections to be further concent[...]

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What has been achieved in HIV prevention, treatment and care for people who inject drugs, 2010-2012? A review of the six highest burden countries

L. DEGENHARDT ; B. M. MATHERS ; A. L. WIRTZ ; D. WOLFE ; A. KAMARULZAMAN ; M. P. CARRIERI ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; K. MALINOWSKA-SEMPRUCH ; M. KAZATCHKINE ; C. BEYRER | 2014
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.25, n°1, January 2014) Article : Périodique

OBJECTIVE: In 2010 the international HIV/AIDS community called on countries to take action to prevent HIV transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID). To set a baseline we proposed an "accountability matrix", focusing upon six countries ac[...]

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