Interventions to prevent HIV and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: a review of reviews to assess evidence of effectiveness

GJ MacArthur, E van Velzen, N Palmateer… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Injecting drug use is a major risk factor for the acquisition and transmission of
HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Prevention of these infections among people who inject …

Do needle syringe programs reduce HIV infection among injecting drug users: a comprehensive review of the international evidence

A Wodak, A Cooney - Substance use & misuse, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This first international review of the evidence that needle syringe programs reduce HIV
infection among injecting drug users found that conservative interpretation of the published …

New testing strategy to detect early HIV-1 infection for use in incidence estimates and for clinical and prevention purposes

RS Janssen, GA Satten, SL Stramer, BD Rawal… - Jama, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Context.—Differentiating individuals with early human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1)
infection from those infected for longer periods is difficult but important for estimating HIV …

Tuberculosis in New York City—turning the tide

TR Frieden, PI Fujiwara, RM Washko… - New England Journal …, 1995 - Mass Medical Soc
Background From 1978 through 1992, the number of patients with tuberculosis in New York
City nearly tripled, and the proportion of such patients who had drug-resistant isolates of …

[KÖNYV][B] Integrated prevention services for HIV infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis for persons who use drugs illicitly: summary …

H Belani, T Chorba, F Fletcher, K Hennessey… - 2012 - cdc.gov
This report summarizes current (as of 2011) guidelines or recommendations published by
multiple agencies of the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for …

Evidence for the effectiveness of sterile injecting equipment provision in preventing hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus transmission among injecting drug …

N Palmateer, J Kimber, M Hickman, S Hutchinson… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To review the evidence on the effectiveness of harm reduction interventions involving
the provision of sterile injecting equipment in the prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and …

Sociometric risk networks and risk for HIV infection.

SR Friedman, A Neaigus, B Jose… - … journal of public …, 1997 - ajph.aphapublications.org
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether networks of drug-injecting and sexual
relationships among drug injectors are associated with individual human immunodeficiency …

Effectiveness of syringe exchange programs in reducing HIV risk behavior and HIV seroconversion among injecting drug users

DR Gibson, NM Flynn, D Perales - Aids, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Drug addiction is a major risk factor for HIV infection for an estimated 3.4–5.5 million
injecting drug users (IDU) in more than 125 countries [1–3]. In the USA, injecting drug use …

HIV incidence among injecting drug users in New York City syringe-exchange programmes

DC Des Jarlais, M Marmor, D Paone, S Titus, Q Shi… - The Lancet, 1996 - thelancet.com
Background There have been no studies showing that participation in programmes which
provide legal access to drug-injection equipment leads to individual-level protection against …

Behavioral surveillance among people at risk for HIV infection in the US: the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System

KM Gallagher, PS Sullivan, A Lansky… - Public health …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with 25 state and local
health departments, began the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) in …