HIV infection in females dependent on drugs

One hundred and seventy-one drug-dependent females in a drug rehabilitation centre were studied to estimate the prevalence of HIV infection among them. Twenty-four (14%) were positive on the Western Blot test. The presence of HIV infection was significantly correlated with syphilis (p < 0.03) and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Addiction (Abingdon, England) England), 1996-03, Vol.91 (3), p.435-438
Hauptverfasser:	HO KONG WAI, B, SINGH, S, VARMA, S. L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Addiction Addictive behaviors Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Biological and medical sciences Cross-Sectional Studies Dependency rehabilitation Drug abuse Drug abusers Drug addiction Drug use Drugs Female Gender Health HIV HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - transmission Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Incidence Malaysia Malaysia - epidemiology Medical sciences Middle Aged Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Psychotropic Drugs Risk Factors Social problems Street Drugs Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology Substance Abuse, Intravenous - psychology Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation Tropical medicine United Kingdom Women
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Zusammenfassung:	One hundred and seventy-one drug-dependent females in a drug rehabilitation centre were studied to estimate the prevalence of HIV infection among them. Twenty-four (14%) were positive on the Western Blot test. The presence of HIV infection was significantly correlated with syphilis (p < 0.03) and age (p < 0.001); 83% of those who were HIV positive were intravenous drug users. The need for harm reduction programmes to prevent spread of HIV infection among injecting drug users is stressed.
ISSN:	0965-2140 1360-0443
DOI:	10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb02293.x