Preventing Epidemics of HIV-1 among Injecting Drug Users

Don C. Des Jarlais; Holly Hagan; Samuel R. Friedman; Patricia Friedmann; David Goldberg; Martin Frischer; Steven Green; Kerstin Tunving; Bengt Ljungberg; Alex Wodak; Michael Ross; David Purchase; Peggy Millson; Ted Myers

doi:10.4324/9780203214015-18

Preventing Epidemics of HIV-1 among Injecting Drug Users

Don C. Des Jarlais, Holly Hagan, Samuel R. Friedman, Patricia Friedmann, David Goldberg, Martin Frischer, Steven Green, Kerstin Tunving, Bengt Ljungberg, Alex Wodak, Michael Ross, David Purchase, Peggy Millson, Ted Myers

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In many areas, the spread of HIV-1 among injecting drug users (IDUs) due to the multi-person use of drug injection equipment has occurred with extreme rapidity. In New York City, for example, HIV-1 seroprevalence among IDUs increased from under 10 per cent to over 50 per cent in a period of five years (Des Jarlais et al., 1989); in Edinburgh, HIV-1 seroprevalence among IDUs increased from zero to over 40 per cent in one year (Robertson et al., 1986); in Bangkok, HIV-1 seroprevalence increased from 2 per cent to over 40 per cent in two years (Vanichseni and Sakuntanaga, 1990); and in the state of Manipur, India, levels increased from zero to approximately 50 per cent in one year (Naik et al., 1991). HIV-1 has spread rapidly among populations where there has been a lack of awareness of AIDS as a local threat and mechanisms such as ‘shooting galleries’, ‘dealer’s works’ and professional injectors that provide rapid and efficient mixing among large numbers of IDUs (Friedman and Des Jarlais, 1991).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	World Health Organization
Subtitle of host publication	Drug Injecting and HIV Infection: Global Dimensions and Local Responses
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	183-200
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781135359546
ISBN (Print)	9781857288247
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203214015-18
State	Published - Jan 1 2003

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Des Jarlais, D. C., Hagan, H., Friedman, S. R., Friedmann, P., Goldberg, D., Frischer, M., Green, S., Tunving, K., Ljungberg, B., Wodak, A., Ross, M., Purchase, D., Millson, P., & Myers, T. (2003). Preventing Epidemics of HIV-1 among Injecting Drug Users. In World Health Organization: Drug Injecting and HIV Infection: Global Dimensions and Local Responses (pp. 183-200). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203214015-18

Des Jarlais, DC, Hagan, H, Friedman, SR, Friedmann, P, Goldberg, D, Frischer, M, Green, S, Tunving, K, Ljungberg, B, Wodak, A, Ross, M, Purchase, D, Millson, P & Myers, T 2003, Preventing Epidemics of HIV-1 among Injecting Drug Users. in World Health Organization: Drug Injecting and HIV Infection: Global Dimensions and Local Responses. Taylor and Francis, pp. 183-200. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203214015-18

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