Open AccessFactors associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection and self-assessed risk to human immunodeficiency virus among injecting drug users in Manipur, India
Author(s) -
Balasubramanian Ganesh,
Kriina Mosoniro,
Vasna Joshua,
Elangovan Arumugam,
Santhakumar Aridoss,
S. Irudaya Rajan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_61_20
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychological intervention , environmental health , demography , immunology , psychiatry , sociology
The proximity of Northeast India to the Golden Triangle facilitates easy accessibility to illicit drugs, resulting in a higher proportion of injecting drug users (IDUs) in the states of Northeast India. The estimated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence among IDU in Manipur which is 1.43% is higher than that of the national figure.