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Factors associated with fulminant liver failure during an outbreak among injection drug users with acute hepatitis BRichard S Garfein
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30017, USA
Hepatology 40:865-73. 2004..Improved vaccination coverage among IDUs has the potential to prevent similar outbreaks in the future...
Comparison of HIV infection risk behaviors among injection drug users from East and West Coast US citiesRichard S Garfein
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Urban Health 81:260-7. 2004..Prevention efforts are needed on the West Coast to decrease HIV-associated risk behaviors among IDUs, and further efforts are also needed to reduce HIV incidence on the East Coast...- A peer-education intervention to reduce injection risk behaviors for HIV and hepatitis C virus infection in young injection drug usersRichard S Garfein
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AIDS 21:1923-32. 2007..To evaluate whether a behavioral intervention, which taught peer education skills, could reduce injection and sexual risk behaviors associated with primary HIV and hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) among young injection drug users (IDU)... - Methods to recruit and retain a cohort of young-adult injection drug users for the Third Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study/Drug Users Intervention Trial (CIDUS III/DUIT)Richard S Garfein
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 45, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S4-17. 2007..S. policy to only fund proven-effective HIV prevention interventions, insights into conducting intervention trials among young IDUs are provided here by describing methods and participants' characteristics in the CIDUS III/DUIT study... 
The influence of needle exchange programs on injection risk behaviors and infection with hepatitis C virus among young injection drug users in select cities in the United States, 1994-2004Deborah Holtzman
Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop G 37, Atlanta GA 30333, USA
Prev Med 49:68-73. 2009....- Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users in the United States, 1994-2004Joseph J Amon
Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 46:1852-8. 2008..To examine hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroprevalence among injection drug users in 4 US cities from 1994 through 2004... - Prevalence and correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection drug users in the United States, 1997-1999Scott S Santibanez
Division of HIV AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 77:227-33. 2005..We estimated prevalence and identified correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection drug users in the United States... - Development, description, and acceptability of a small-group, behavioral intervention to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among young adult injection drug usersDavid W Purcell
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S73-80. 2007..Minimal evidence of contamination was found. Lessons learned can help future researchers to develop stronger interventions for this high-need population... - Ethical and regulatory considerations in HIV prevention studies employing respondent-driven samplingSalaam Semaan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, E 07, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Int J Drug Policy 20:14-27. 2009.... - Update and overview of practical epidemiologic aspects of HIV/AIDS among injection drug users in the United StatesScott S Santibanez
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop K 39, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Urban Health 83:86-100. 2006..It is imperative that public health agencies continue to monitor and combat the HIV epidemic among IDUs to ensure that hard-won gains will not be eroded... - Developing an HIV behavioral surveillance system for injecting drug users: the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance SystemAmy Lansky
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 122:48-55. 2007..S. that will provide local and national data on risk for HIV and other blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among IDUs for monitoring changes in the epidemic and prevention programs... - Prevalence of cryoglobulinemia in hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfectionCharlene S Dezzutti
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop G19, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Virol 31:210-4. 2004..Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been shown to influence the natural history of hepatitis C infection... - Evaluation of three rapid screening assays for detection of antibodies to hepatitis C virusBryce D Smith
Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 204:825-31. 2011..Although therapies are available that can suppress or eliminate infection, identifying persons infected with HCV is challenging. Rapid tests could help identify many of these persons more expeditiously... - Trends in hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus prevalence, risk behaviors, and preventive measures among Seattle injection drug users aged 18-30 years, 1994-2004Richard D Burt
Public Health Seattle and King County, Seattle, WA, USA
J Urban Health 84:436-54. 2007..We conclude that there has been a substantial and sustained reduction in prevalence rates for HBV and HCV infection among young Seattle IDUs, while HIV rates have remained low and stable... - Injecting alone among young adult IDUs in five US cities: evidence of low rates of injection risk behaviorHolly Hagan
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, 8th Floor, 71 West 23rd Street, New York City, NY 10010, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S48-55. 2007..However, risks may include accidental overdose with severe consequences... - Distributive syringe sharing among young adult injection drug users in five U.S. citiesElizabeth T Golub
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, room E 7137, Baltimore, MD 21117, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S30-8. 2007..These findings suggest that interventions to reduce ongoing transmission of blood-borne infections should focus on altering peer norms among networks of young IDUs... - A randomized intervention trial to reduce the lending of used injection equipment among injection drug users infected with hepatitis CMary H Latka
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Dr, Mailstop 0622, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Am J Public Health 98:853-61. 2008..g., syringe lending, unsafe drug preparation) among injection drug users with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection... - Perceived risk, peer influences, and injection partner type predict receptive syringe sharing among young adult injection drug users in five U.S. citiesSusan L Bailey
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S18-29. 2007..This study examined risk factors for receptive syringe sharing (RSS) during illicit drug injection by persons 15-30 years old in five U.S. cities... - Prevalence and correlates of indirect sharing practices among young adult injection drug users in five U.S. citiesHanne Thiede
HIV AIDS Epidemiology Program, Public Health Seattle and King County, 400 Yesler Way, 3rd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S39-47. 2007.... - Mortality risk among recent-onset injection drug users in five U.S. citiesDavid Vlahov
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:413-28. 2008.... - Prevalence of hepatitis C virus and HIV infection among injection drug users in two Mexican cities bordering the U.SEmily Faye White
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
Salud Publica Mex 49:165-72. 2007..To estimate the prevalence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infection and associated risk behaviors among injection drug users (IDUs) in two northern Mexican cities... - Housing status and associated differences in HIV risk behaviors among young injection drug users (IDUs)Micaela H Coady
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
AIDS Behav 11:854-63. 2007..HIV risk varies by housing status, with homeless IDUs at highest risk. Programs for IDUs should utilize a more specific definition of residential status to target IDUs needing intervention... - Self-reported hepatitis C virus antibody status and risk behavior in young injectorsHolly Hagan
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, 8th Fl, 71 West 23rd St, NY, NY 10010, USA
Public Health Rep 121:710-9. 2006.... - Risk of hepatitis C virus infection among young adult injection drug users who share injection equipmentLorna E Thorpe
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:645-53. 2002..5, 95% confidence interval: 1.3, 9.9). The authors conclude that sharing of injection equipment other than syringes may be an important cause of HCV transmission between IDUs... - Does bleach disinfection of syringes protect against hepatitis C infection among young adult injection drug users?Farzana Kapadia
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, NY 10029, USA
Epidemiology 13:738-41. 2002..Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has emerged as a major public health problem among injection drug users. In this analysis we examine whether disinfection of syringes with bleach has a potentially protective effect on anti-HCV seroconversion... - Variability in the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infection among young injecting drug users in New York CityDon C Des Jarlais
Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:467-71. 2003..0/100 person-years) at the Lower East Side site. Results show that high rates of HBV and HCV transmission do not imply high rates of HIV transmission, even within an area of high HIV seroprevalence... - HIV prevalence, risk behaviors, and high-risk sexual and injection networks among young women injectors who have sex with womenSamuel R Friedman
National Development and Research Institutes Inc, New York, NY 10010, USA
Am J Public Health 93:902-6. 2003 - The use of needle exchange by young injection drug usersSusan L Bailey
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Community Outreach Intervention Projects, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 34:67-70. 2003..13-0.45), and were most likely to use condoms with steady sex partners (OR = 2.95; CI = 1.56-5.56). This study found that while frequent NEP use was associated with less risk behavior, young IDUs used NEPs infrequently or not at all... - Screening for depressive symptoms among HCV-infected injection drug users: examination of the utility of the CES-D and the Beck Depression InventoryElizabeth T Golub
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Urban Health 81:278-90. 2004..Results indicated that both scales should be used in tandem to have the most sensitive detection of depressive symptoms, thereby maximizing the potential for HCV treatment success... - Association between injection practices and duration of injection among recently initiated injection drug usersMeredith Becker Buxton
Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY 10029 5293, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 75:177-83. 2004..Whether IDUs' risky injection practices rise progressively with duration of injection or frequency of practices is higher near initiation and then taper remains an open question... - Correlates of attempted suicide among young injection drug users in a multi-site cohortJennifer R Havens
Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky, 915B South Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 75:261-9. 2004..These data suggest that increased access to drug treatment, community mental health, and violence prevention programs may decrease suicidal behavior among young injection drug users... - Changes in the sharing of drug injection equipment among street-recruited injection drug users in Chicago, Illinois, 1994--1996Dezheng Huo
Community Outreach Intervention Projects, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Subst Use Misuse 40:63-76. 2005..Participation in a syringe exchange program was associated with reductions in receptive syringe sharing and syringe-mediated sharing, but not the sharing of cookers... - Prevalence and correlates of chlamydia trachomatis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, trichomonas vaginalis infections, and bacterial vaginosis among a cohort of young injection drug users in Baltimore, MarylandSabrina S Plitt
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:446-53. 2005..5; 95% CI, 1.1-5.7). CONCLUSIONS: Despite high sexual risk, STI prevalence among young IDUs was similar to that of the general population. BV prevalence was high, suggesting that future STI assessments among female IDUs should include BV... - High prevalence of alcohol use among hepatitis C virus antibody positive injection drug users in three US citiesJennifer V Campbell
HIV AIDS Epidemiology Program, Public Health Seattle and King County, 106 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 81:259-65. 2006..These findings underscore the importance of referring HCV-positive persons to effective alcohol treatment programs to reduce future liver damage and improve eligibility for and effectiveness of treatment of HCV... - Eligibility for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among young injection drug users in 3 US citiesHolly Hagan
National Development and Research Institutes, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, New York, NY, 10010, USA
Clin Infect Dis 42:669-72. 2006..g., problem drinking, moderate-to-severe depression, and recent drug injection). Restrictive eligibility criteria may deny treatment to a large proportion of patients who could benefit from it... - Design and feasibility of a randomized behavioral intervention to reduce distributive injection risk and improve health-care access among hepatitis C virus positive injection drug users: the Study to Reduce Intravenous Exposures (STRIVE)Farzana Kapadia
Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10005, USA
J Urban Health 84:99-115. 2007.... - Convenience is the key to hepatitis A and B vaccination uptake among young adult injection drug usersJennifer V Campbell
HIV AIDS Epidemiology Program, Public Health Seattle and King County, 400 Yesler Way 3rd Floor, c o Hanne Thiede, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S64-72. 2007..Vaccination programs convenient to IDUs have not been widely implemented or evaluated. We assessed whether convenience and monetary incentives influenced uptake of free vaccine by 18-30-year-old IDUs in five U.S. cities... - Hepatitis C virus transmission from an anesthesiologist to a patientSara H Cody
California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:345-50. 2002..An anesthesiologist was diagnosed as having acute hepatitis C 3 days after providing anesthesia during the thoracotomy of a 64-year-old man (patient A). Eight weeks later, patient A was diagnosed as having acute hepatitis C... - Increasing syringe access and HIV prevention in California: findings from a survey of local health jurisdiction key personnelThomas J Stopka
Office of AIDS, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA 95899 7426, USA
J Urban Health 84:116-25. 2007..Further research is needed to identify facilitators and barriers to adopting SB1159, to identify areas for improving technical assistance to implementers, and to assess the public health impact of the legislation...