scholarly journals Latent classes of polydrug and polyroute use and associations with human immunodeficiency virus risk behaviours and overdose among people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith C. Meacham ◽  
Scott C. Roesch ◽  
Steffanie A. Strathdee ◽  
Suzanne Lindsay ◽  
Patricia Gonzalez-Zuniga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
People Who Inject Drugs ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Latent Classes ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

Syphilis Serology in Blood Donors: A Possible Surrogate Marker for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk

Vox Sanguinis ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-168
Author(s):  
Glenn Ramsey ◽  
Frank Soltis ◽  
Rebecca Bowman ◽  
Jean McNamee ◽  
Linda F. Hahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Surrogate Marker ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Syphilis Serology

scholarly journals A Recent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Outbreak Among People Who Inject Drugs in Munich, Germany, Is Associated With Consumption of Synthetic Cathinones

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Hanke ◽  
Stefan Fiedler ◽  
Christina Grumann ◽  
Oliver Ratmann ◽  
Andrea Hauser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
People Who Inject Drugs ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Subtype C ◽  
Related Substance ◽  
First Case ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

Abstract Background Needle and syringe sharing among people who inject drugs (PWID) can result in a rapid regional spread of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) variant. Such outbreaks have been identified recently in several countries and have raised public health attention because of an association with new psychoactive substances (NPS). Methods Dried serum spots from approximately 60% of newly diagnosed HIV cases in Germany in 2013–2018 were received together with statutory notification data. Samples were sequenced in the pol-region, genotyped, and viral phylogenies were analyzed. For selected samples, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) status and the presence of NPS were determined. Results An outbreak of closely related 27 subtype C infections with a core of 11 cases with almost identical sequences was identified using phylogenetic analyses. The first case of the outbreak was diagnosed in 2015, and the last one was in 2018. With exception of 3 infections, all were reported from Munich, the capital of the federal state of Bavaria. Of 26 analyzed outbreak members, 24 (92.3%) had a resolved or viremic HCV coinfection. In 8 of 18 (44%) cases, α-pyrrolidinopentiothiophenone and/or the related substance α-pyrrolidinoheptiophenone was identified. Conclusions Despite harm reduction services in place, HIV outbreaks of considerable size can occur in PWID. The establishment of a real-time molecular surveillance is advised to rapidly identify outbreaks and target prevention measures.

scholarly journals Methamphetamine dependence and human immunodeficiency virus risk behavior

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Rawson ◽  
Rachel Gonzales ◽  
Valerie Pearce ◽  
Alfonso Ang ◽  
Patricia Marinelli-Casey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk ◽  
Methamphetamine Dependence ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

Syphilis Serology in Blood Donors: A Possible Surrogate Marker for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk

Vox Sanguinis ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Ramsey ◽  
Frank Soltis ◽  
Rebecca Bowman ◽  
Jean McNamee ◽  
Linda F. Hahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Surrogate Marker ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Syphilis Serology
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