Titre : | Hepatitis C and substance use in a sample of homeless people in New-York city |
Titre traduit : | (Hépatite C et usage de drogues parmi des personnes sans-abri dans la ville de New-York.) |
Auteurs : | A. ROSENBLUM ; NUTTBROCK L. ; H. L. McQUISTION ; S. MAGURA ; H. JOSEPH |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2001 |
Format : | 15-25 / tabl. |
Note générale : |
Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2001, 20, (4), 15-25 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés HEPATITE ; VIH ; IST ; INFECTION ; INJECTION ; CRACK ; COCAINE ; PREVALENCE ; FACTEUR DE RISQUE ; SANS ABRI ; MILIEU URBAINThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : This study examined the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies and its association with substance use and sexual behavior among a sample of 139 persons visiting a mobile medical clinic in Manhattan. Ninety percent were unstably housed or were living on the street. The prevalence of HCV antibodies was 32%. Prevalence was also high for hepatitis B core antibodies (47%), HIV antibodies (15%), and syphilis exposure (14%); 76% tested positive for cocaine. Among subjects who reported ever injecting (20%), 86% were HCV positive; 19% of non-injectors were HCV positive. In separate multivariate logistic regression models (with injection controlled), HCV was predicted by quantitative hair assays for cocaine and self-reported duration of crack-cocaine use. Alcohol dependence and sexual behavior did not predict HCV. Hepatitis C is a significant public health problem among the urban homeless population, with injection drug use and, to a lesser extent, cocaine use implicated as risk factors. (Author' s abstract) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 27 |
Affiliation : |
Institute for Treatment and Services Research, National Development and Research Institutes Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, New-York, NY 10010 Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 205839 |
Centre Emetteur : | 02 Coordonnateur |
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