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Injecting drug users and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus: what do we know?
Author(s) -
DARKE SHANE
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239200185631
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug , psychological intervention , population , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , intravenous drug , virology , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , viral disease , environmental health , computer science , telecommunications
This article examines the results of 10 years of research on the relationship between injecting drug use and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The two main transmission modes of HIV among injecting drug users (IDU)—parenteral drug use and sexual behaviour—are examined in detail, as well as the efficacy of attempted interventions to reduce the spread of HIV among this population.