Abstract
Purpose of review: To describe recent research done primarily during the past 12 months (i.e., primarily in 2008) on the epidemiology of HIV infection among injecting drug users (IDUs). Recent findings: Major research developments include a global assessment of HIV infection among IDUs and evidence of a transition from epidemics concentrated among IDUs to generalized, heterosexual epidemics in eastern Europe and Asia. Intervention research also includes several studies of supervised-injecting facilities. Methodological research includes respondent-driven sampling and the use of hepatitis C virus and herpes simplex virus-2 as biomarkers for injecting and sexual risk. Summary: There have been important advances in research during the past year, but HIV infection continues to spread rapidly across many areas of the world among IDUs and their nondrug-using sex partners.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 308-313 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2009 |
Keywords
- AIDS
- Epidemiology
- HIV
- Injecting drug use
- Respondent-driven sampling
- Supervised-injecting facilities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Oncology(nursing)
- Infectious Diseases
- Virology