2000
Correlates of HIV infection among young adult short-term injection drug users
Doherty M, Garfein R, Monterroso E, Brown D, Vlahov D. Correlates of HIV infection among young adult short-term injection drug users. AIDS 2000, 14: 717-726. PMID: 10807195, DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200004140-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersYoung injection drug usersInjection drug useHIV infectionDrug usersDrug useSpeedball injectionAnal sexCurrent injection drug usersShort-term injectorsReceptive anal sexYears of ageLifetime sex partnersCross-sectional surveySignificant bivariate associationsHIV incidenceHIV prevalenceSexual transmissionAmphetamine injectionsIncidence rateInjecting practicesHIVNew infectionsSex partnersInjection initiation
1996
Viral infections in short-term injection drug users: the prevalence of the hepatitis C, hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency, and human T-lymphotropic viruses.
Garfein R, Vlahov D, Galai N, Doherty M, Nelson K. Viral infections in short-term injection drug users: the prevalence of the hepatitis C, hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency, and human T-lymphotropic viruses. American Journal Of Public Health 1996, 86: 655-661. PMID: 8629715, PMCID: PMC1380472, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.5.655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis B virusHepatitis C virusViral infectionSeroprevalence of HCVBlood-borne viral infectionsHuman T-lymphotropic virus type IShort-term injectorsHuman immunodeficiency virusSexual risk reduction interventionInjection drug usersIllicit drug injectorsRisk reduction interventionsVirus type IHepatitis CHepatitis BHIV infectionImmunodeficiency virusPrimary preventionC virusB virusHuman immunodeficiencyDrug injectionSequential cohortsDrug injectorsLymphotropic virus