Large sharing networks and unusual injection practices explain the rapid rise in HIV among IDUs in Sargodha, Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Of the nearly 100,000 street-based IDUs in Pakistan, 20% have HIV. We investigated the recent rise in HIV prevalence from 12 to 52% among IDUs in Sargodha despite > 70% coverage with syringe exchanges. METHODS: We interviewed approximately 150 IDUs and 30 outreach workers in focus gro...

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Autores principales: Khan, Adnan A, Awan, Ahmad B, Qureshi, Salman U, Razaque, Ali, Zafar, Syed T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19558668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-6-13

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19558668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-6-13

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