Titre : | Risk of prevalent HIV infection associated with incarceration among injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand: case-control study |
Titre traduit : | (Risque d'infection VIH associé à une période d'incacération chez les usagers de drogues injectables de Bangkok, Thailande : étude de cas contrôlés.) |
Auteurs : | BUAVIRAT A. ; K. A. PAGE-SHAFER ; VAN GRIENSVEN G. J. P. ; MANDEL J. S. ; J. EVANS ; CHUARATANAPHONG J. ; CHIAMWONGPAT S. ; R. SACKS ; A. MOSS |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2003 |
Format : | 1-5 / tabl. |
Note générale : |
British Medical Journal, 2003, 326, 1-5 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés VIH ; FACTEUR DE RISQUE ; SEROPOSITIVITE ; INCARCERATION ; INJECTION ; PARTAGE DE SERINGUE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVEThésaurus géographique THAILANDE |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Obiectives: To identify risks for HIV infection related to incarceration among injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand. Design: Case-control study of sexual and parenteral exposures occurring before, during, and after the most recent incarceration. Setting: Metropolitan Bangkok. Participants: Non-prison based injecting drug users formerly incarcerated for at least six months in the previous five years, with documented HIV serostatus since their most recent release; 175 HIV positive cases and 172 HIV negative controls from methadone clinics. Main outcome measure: Injection of heroin and metharnphetamine, sharing of needles, sexual behaviour, and tattooing before, during, and after incarceration. Results: In the month before incarceration cases were more likely than controls to have injected metamphetarnine and to have borrowed needles. More cases than controls reported using drugs (60% v 45%; P=0.005) and sharing needles (50% v 31%; P |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 24 |
Affiliation : |
Hlth Promotion Div., Hlth Dept Bangkok Metropolitan, Administration City, 7th floor Drainage Bldg, Mittmaitree Rd, Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400 Thailande. Thailand. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 206705 |
Centre Emetteur : | 02 Coordonnateur |
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