High-risk personal networks and syringe sharing as risk factors for HIV infection among new drug injectors
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Sharing needles with companions who engage in high-risk behaviors seems to be a risk factor for HIV infection in new drug injectors. New drug injectors are those who have been injecting drugs for 6 years or less. Researchers analyzed risk factors in 174 new drug injectors in Brooklyn, NY. Twenty percent were HIV positive. Forty percent of those who were HIV positive shared needles with others and associated with at least one high-risk person who injected more than once a day. Only 14% of those with neither social behavior were HIV positive. There was no association between sharing needles and HIV infection or associating with high-risk people and HIV infection. Being Latino and exchanging sex for money or drugs was also associated with HIV infection. Many drug addicts in New York City become injecting drug users despite widespread knowledge of the risks of such behavior.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1996
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Sex, drugs, and infections among youth: parentally and sexually transmitted diseases in a high-risk neighborhood
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High-risk sexual behavior among young adults in inner cities may be more common than high-risk drug behavior. One hundred three inner-city 18- to 21-year-olds were interviewed about their sexual and drug habits. They were also tested for cocaine, opium, HIV, herpes, syphilis, chlamydia, hepatitis B and C, and human T-cell lymphotropic virus I and II. Nearly all of the participants had had intercourse the previous year with nearly half having multiple partners. Many did not use a condom routinely. None were HIV-positive. Nine percent had used cocaine, 3% had used heroin, and one had injected drugs. Nearly half used marijuana.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1997
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The prevalence of additional injection-related HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users
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Many drug addicts could be exposing themselves to HIV indirectly even though they do not share needles. A study of 585 injecting drug addicts in Denver found that only 33% shared a used needle but 72% shared rinse water, cotton and the cooker used to prepare the drugs. Many addicts prepare the drug in one needle and then transfer portions to other users' needles. Research has shown that the cotton filters, cookers and wash water used to prepare drugs can be contaminated with HIV. These addicts may believe they are safe because they do not share used needles.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1996
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