High HIV Incidence among Persons Who Inject Drugs in Pakistan: Greater Risk with Needle Sharing and Injecting Frequently among the Homeless

BACKGROUND: The incidence of HIV among persons who inject drugs (PWIDU) has fallen in many nations, likely due to successes of clean needle/syringe exchange and substance abuse treatment and service programs. However in Pakistan, prevalence rates for PWID have risen dramatically. In several cities,...

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Main Authors: Samo, Rab Nawaz, Altaf, Arshad, Agha, Ajmal, Pasha, Omrana, Rozi, Shafquat, Memon, Ashraf, Azam, Saleem, Blevins, Meridith, Vermund, Sten H., Shah, Sharaf Ali
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3864804/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24358123
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081715
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