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DOCN M94A2447
TI Drug injection career and HIV infection.
DT 9412
AU Rodriguez R; Muga R; Egea JM; Navio M; Aldeguer X; Tor J; Infectious
Diseases Unit, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol,; Barcelona, Spain.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):302 (abstract no. PC0136). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370128
AB OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between the length of intravenous
drug use (IDU) and HIV infection. METHODS: Current IDUs (N = 650)
starting a detoxification treatment were analyzed from February 1987 to
October 1993. The length of intravenous drug use was the time elapsed
from the first injection to the admission. RESULTS: 535 men (82.3%) and
115 women (17.7%), with a mean age of 25.8 years. HIV seroprevalence was
66.3%. The length of addiction was 74.38 months (83.8 in HIV(+) vs. 556
in HIV(-), p < 0.001). TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. CONCLUSIONS:
HIV has spread rapidly among drug injectors from Barcelona. HIV
infection occurs early during a drug injection career and younger drug
users have higher prevalence than those begin injecting drugs in
adulthood.
DE Adult Female Human HIV Infections/*TRANSMISSION HIV Seroprevalence
Male Spain/EPIDEMIOLOGY Substance Abuse, Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS
Time Factors MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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