Injecting drug users in Bangladesh: prevalence of syphilis, hepatitis, HIV and HIV subtypes

Injecting drug users in Bangladesh: prevalence of syphilis, hepatitis, HIV and HIV subtypes

Injecting drug users (IDU) were enrolled from two detoxification clinics and two needle/syringe exchange programmes (NEP) in central and northwest Bangladesh. Syphilis, hepatitis C and HIV rates were highest in IDU from the NEP of central Bangladesh (23, 66.5 and 1.4%, respectively), whereas current...

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Veröffentlicht in:AIDS (London) 2002-01, Vol.16 (1), p.121-123
Hauptverfasser: AZIM, Tasnim, BOGAERTS, Jozef, YIRRELL, David L, BANERJEA, Akhil C, SARKER, Mohammed S, AHMED, Giasuddin, AMIN, Mian M. M, RAHMAN, Abu S. M. M, HUSSAIN, Abu M. Z
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bangladesh - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Drug addictions
Hepatitis B - diagnosis
Hepatitis B - epidemiology
Hepatitis C - diagnosis
Hepatitis C - epidemiology
Hepatitis C virus
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV-1 - classification
HIV-1 - genetics
Human immunodeficiency virus 1
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Needle-Exchange Programs
Prevalence
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications
Syphilis - diagnosis
Syphilis - epidemiology
Toxicology
Tropical medicine
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Zusammenfassung:Injecting drug users (IDU) were enrolled from two detoxification clinics and two needle/syringe exchange programmes (NEP) in central and northwest Bangladesh. Syphilis, hepatitis C and HIV rates were highest in IDU from the NEP of central Bangladesh (23, 66.5 and 1.4%, respectively), whereas current hepatitis B infection rates were highest in IDU from the NEP of northwest Bangladesh (12%). Five HIV strains were subtype C and one E/B. The 32 base pair (bp) deletion of the CCR5 gene was not detected.
ISSN:0269-9370
1473-5571
DOI:10.1097/00002030-200201040-00015