The Prevalence and Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Prospective Cohort of Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, British Columbia | Zendy

Laura M. Kuyper | Zendy; Courtney L. C. Collins | Zendy; Thomas Kerr | Zendy; Robert S. Hogg | Zendy; Kathy Li | Zendy; Mark Tyndall | Zendy; Julio Montaner | Zendy; Evan Wood | Zendy

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The Prevalence and Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Prospective Cohort of Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, British Columbia

Author(s) -

Laura M. Kuyper,

Courtney L. C. Collins,

Thomas Kerr,

Robert S. Hogg,

Kathy Li,

Mark Tyndall,

Julio Montaner,

Evan Wood

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2005/617326

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , cohort , prospective cohort study , injection drug use , cohort study , drug , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , family medicine , virology , pharmacology , drug injection , physics , sociology , optics

While several studies have reported on sexual risk behaviours and the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among injection drug users (IDUs), there are fewer prospective studies that have been able to examine populations of IDUs with no history of STIs. Therefore, the authors examined prevalence, correlates and factors associated with time to first STI infection in a prospective cohort of IDUs in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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