Open AccessHIV Incidence Among Injection Drug Users in Baltimore, Maryland (1988-2004)
Author(s) -
Shruti H. Mehta,
Noya Galai,
Jacquie Astemborski,
David D. Celentano,
Steffanie A. Strathdee,
David Vlahov,
Kenrad E. Nelson
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/01.qai.0000243050.27580.1a
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , seroconversion , demography , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug injection , injection drug use , needle sharing , epidemiology , immunology , condom , syphilis , physics , sociology , optics
We examined recent trends (1999-2004) in HIV incidence among a cohort of injection drug users (IDUs) followed since 1988 in Baltimore, Maryland.