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Article de Périodique
HIV among injecting drug users: current epidemiology, biologic markers, respondent-driven sampling, and supervised-injection facilities (2009)
Auteur(s) :
D. C. DES JARLAIS ;
K. ARASTEH ;
S. SEMAAN ;
E. WOOD
Article en page(s) :
308-313
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Refs biblio. :
52
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
VIH
;
SALLE DE CONSOMMATION A MOINDRE RISQUE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
USAGER
;
INJECTION
;
COHORTE
;
METHODE
;
STRUCTURE DE PROXIMITE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
HEPATITE
Résumé :
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To describe recent research done primarily during the past 12 months (i.e., primarily in 2008) on the epidemiology of HIV infection among injecting drug users (IDUs).
RECENT FINDINGS: Major research developments include a global assessment of HIV infection among IDUs and evidence of a transition from epidemics concentrated among IDUs to generalized, heterosexual epidemics in eastern Europe and Asia. Intervention research also includes several studies of supervised-injecting facilities. Methodological research includes respondent-driven sampling and the use of hepatitis C virus and herpes simplex virus-2 as biomarkers for injecting and sexual risk.
SUMMARY: There have been important advances in research during the past year, but HIV infection continues to spread rapidly across many areas of the world among IDUs and their nondrug-using sex partners. [Author's abstract]
RECENT FINDINGS: Major research developments include a global assessment of HIV infection among IDUs and evidence of a transition from epidemics concentrated among IDUs to generalized, heterosexual epidemics in eastern Europe and Asia. Intervention research also includes several studies of supervised-injecting facilities. Methodological research includes respondent-driven sampling and the use of hepatitis C virus and herpes simplex virus-2 as biomarkers for injecting and sexual risk.
SUMMARY: There have been important advances in research during the past year, but HIV infection continues to spread rapidly across many areas of the world among IDUs and their nondrug-using sex partners. [Author's abstract]
Affiliation :
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA