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Intraurban mobility and its potential impact on the spread of blood-borne infections among drug injectors in Tijuana, MexicoKimberly C Brouwer
School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Subst Use Misuse 47:244-53. 2012..Mobile IDUs should be targeted for outreach and further investigation. The study's limitations are noted...
Under- and over-nutrition among refugees in San Diego County, CaliforniaAmanda J Rondinelli
Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 13:161-8. 2011..Addressing contextual factors of poor food choices may prevent some of the long term health consequences of poor nutrition...- Not sold here: limited access to legally available syringes at pharmacies in Tijuana, MexicoRobin A Pollini
Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Harm Reduct J 8:13. 2011..abstract:.. - Efficacy of integrated school based de-worming and prompt malaria treatment on helminths -Plasmodium falciparum co-infections: A 33 months follow up studyNicholas Midzi
University of Zimbabwe, Department of Biochemistry, P, O Box MP167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
BMC Int Health Hum Rights 11:9. 2011..abstract:.. - Knowledge attitudes and practices of grade three primary schoolchildren in relation to schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis and malaria in ZimbabweNicholas Midzi
National Institute of Health Research, Causeway Harare, Zimbabwe
BMC Infect Dis 11:169. 2011..This study sought to assess KAP of grade 3 children in relation to schistosomiasis, STHs and malaria in order to establish an effective school based health education for disease transmission control... - Deportation along the U.S.-Mexico border: its relation to drug use patterns and accessing careK C Brouwer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0622, La Jolla, CA 93093 0622, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 11:1-6. 2009..Our study is an indication that migration history might relate to current risk behaviors and access to health care. More in-depth studies to determine factors driving such behaviors are needed... - Trends in production, trafficking, and consumption of methamphetamine and cocaine in MexicoKimberly C Brouwer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 93093 0622, USA
Subst Use Misuse 41:707-27. 2006.... - Estimated numbers of men and women infected with HIV/AIDS in Tijuana, MexicoKimberly C Brouwer
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0622, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 93093 0622, USA
J Urban Health 83:299-307. 2006..Our data suggest that up to one in every 125 persons aged 15-49 years in Tijuana is HIV-infected. Interventions to reduce ongoing spread of HIV are urgently needed... - 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... - Shooting gallery attendance among IDUs in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: correlates, prevention opportunities, and the role of the environmentMorgan Philbin
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
AIDS Behav 12:552-60. 2008..Harm reduction interventions based within shooting galleries should also be considered to prevent transmission of blood-borne pathogens among IDUs... - Injecting drug users' experiences of policing practices in two Mexican-U.S. border cities: public health perspectivesCari L Miller
University of California School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, USA
Int J Drug Policy 19:324-31. 2008..We undertook a qualitative study of IDUs' experiences of policing practices in two Mexican cities on the U.S. border... - A qualitative exploration of gender in the context of injection drug use in two US-Mexico border citiesMichelle Firestone Cruz
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, Ash Building, Room 118, Mail stop 0622, San Diego, CA, USA
AIDS Behav 11:253-62. 2007..In these two cities, venue-based interventions may be more appropriate for male IDUs, whereas personal network interventions may be more appropriate among female IDUs... - Influences of cross-border mobility on tuberculosis diagnoses and treatment interruption among injection drug users in Tijuana, MexicoRobert Deiss
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1491-5. 2009..We sought to identify correlates of reported lifetime diagnoses of TB among injection drug users in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico... - Differential effects of migration and deportation on HIV infection among male and female injection drug users in Tijuana, MexicoSteffanie A Strathdee
School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 3:e2690. 2008..Future studies are needed to elucidate the context of mobility and HIV acquisition in this region, and whether US immigration policies adversely affect HIV risk... - The color of meth: is it related to adverse health outcomes? An exploratory study in Tijuana, MexicoSteffanie A Strathdee
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Am J Addict 17:111-5. 2008..Further study is needed to confirm and determine the mechanism of this association to better inform prevention messages... - Healthcare barriers of refugees post-resettlementMeghan D Morris
Department of Medicine, Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 93093 0507, USA
J Community Health 34:529-38. 2009..Our findings suggest the need for additional research into contextual factors surrounding health care access barriers, and the best avenues to reduce such barriers and facilitate access to existing services... - Parsing social network survey data from hidden populations using stochastic context-free grammarsArt F Y Poon
Division of Comparative Pathology and Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e6777. 2009..Moreover, current analytical models rely on unrealistic assumptions, e.g., that the traversal of social networks can be modeled by a Markov chain rather than a branching process... - Distribution of sexually transmitted diseases and risk factors by work locations among female sex workers in Tijuana, MexicoMelanie L A Rusch
Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Sex Transm Dis 37:608-14. 2010..We examined the spatial distribution of STDs by work venue among FSWs in Tijuana... - Individual, social, and environmental influences associated with HIV infection among injection drug users in Tijuana, MexicoSteffanie A Strathdee
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 47:369-76. 2008..We examined correlates of HIV infection among injection drug users (IDUs) in Tijuana, Mexico, a city bordering the United States, which is situated on major migration and drug trafficking routes... - High-risk sexual and drug using behaviors among male injection drug users who have sex with men in 2 Mexico-US border citiesRobert G Deiss
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093 0622, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:243-9. 2008..The population of Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) and who are also injection drug users (IDUs) is understudied. We explored risk behaviors of MSM/IDUs compared with other male IDUs in 2 Mexican border cities... - Experimental infection of the neotropical malaria vector Anopheles darlingi by human patient-derived Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian AmazonAjay R Bharti
University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093 0741, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:610-6. 2006..darlingi mosquitoes, raising the possibility that some degree of naturally occurring transmission-blocking immunity is present on a population basis in the Peruvian Amazon, an area of low intensity of malaria transmission... - Respondent-driven sampling of injection drug users in two U.S.-Mexico border cities: recruitment dynamics and impact on estimates of HIV and syphilis prevalenceSimon D W Frost
Department of Pathology and Antiviral Research Center, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
J Urban Health 83:i83-97. 2006..Although the frequency of HIV was low, syphilis prevalence was high, particularly in Tijuana. RDS-corrected estimates of syphilis prevalence were sensitive to model assumptions, suggesting that further validation of RDS is necessary... - Syringe possession arrests are associated with receptive syringe sharing in two Mexico-US border citiesRobin A Pollini
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
Addiction 103:101-8. 2008..To identify factors associated with receptive syringe sharing among injection drug users (IDUs) and elucidate the association between syringe possession arrests and syringe sharing... - "Vivo para consumirla y la consumo para vivir" ["I live to inject and inject to live"]: high-risk injection behaviors in Tijuana, MexicoSteffanie A Strathdee
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
J Urban Health 82:iv58-73. 2005..Interventions are urgently needed to expand access to sterile injection equipment and offset the potential for a widespread HIV epidemic... - The relatedness of HIV epidemics in the United States-Mexico border regionSanjay R Mehta
University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 26:1273-7. 2010..Larger epidemiological studies are needed to quantify the magnitude and associations of cross-border mixing... - Cross-border drug injection relationships among injection drug users in Tijuana, MexicoKarla D Wagner
Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0507, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 113:236-41. 2011..Among drug users, mobility increases risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in part through its effects on the social environment. However, the social dynamics of drug users living in border regions are understudied... - [Estimating the 2006 prevalence of HIV by gender and risk groups in Tijuana, Mexico]Esmeralda Iñiguez-Stevens
School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Gac Med Mex 145:189-95. 2009..Estimate the 2006 HIV prevalence among adults aged 15-49 from the general population and at-risk subgroups in Tijuana, Mexico... - Historical trends in the production and consumption of illicit drugs in Mexico: implications for the prevention of blood borne infectionsJesus Bucardo
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 79:281-93. 2005..We review available literature on the history of opium production in Mexico, recent trends in drug use and its implications, and the Mexican response, with special emphasis on the border cities of Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana... - Urinary schistosomiasis in Zimbabwean school children: predictors of morbidityKimberly C Brouwer
The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Afr Health Sci 4:115-8. 2004..haematobium treatment to those with severe morbidity and better monitoring of the progress of control campaigns when more expensive diagnostic methods are not available... 
HIV prevalence and correlates of receptive needle sharing among injection drug users in the Mexican-U.s. border city of TijuanaCarlos Magis-Rodriguez
Centro Nacional para la Prevencion y Control del VIH SIDA e ITS, Mexico City, Mexico
J Psychoactive Drugs 37:333-9. 2005..21-3.24). These results underscore the need to increase access to voluntary HIV testing and counseling to IDUs and migrants in Tijuana, as well as expand access to sterile syringes in an effort to avert widespread HIV transmission...- Migration and transmission of blood-borne infections among injection drug users: understanding the epidemiologic bridgeBeth Rachlis
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Drug Alcohol Depend 90:107-19. 2007..We also discuss the potential policy implications of addressing prevention and care issues in mobile drug using populations... - At the borders, on the edge: use of injected methamphetamine in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, MexicoPatricia Case
The Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health, 7 Haviland Street, Boston, MA 02115 2683, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 10:23-33. 2008..Juarez may experience a methamphetamine outbreak in the future. Robust targeted interventions for both injected and non-injected methamphetamine should be a public health priority in both cities... - Subclinical Plasmodium falciparum infection and HIV-1 viral loadKimberly C Brouwer
Emerg Infect Dis 13:351-3. 2007 - Effect of CCR2 chemokine receptor polymorphism on HIV type 1 mother-to-child transmission and child survival in Western KenyaKimberly C Brouwer
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 21:358-62. 2005..Our results do not indicate an effect of CCR2-64I on perinatal HIV transmission and survival in Kenyan children... - Polymorphism of Fc receptor IIa for immunoglobulin G is associated with placental malaria in HIV-1-positive women in western KenyaKimberly C Brouwer
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Chamblee, GA 30341, USA
J Infect Dis 190:1192-8. 2004..The present study was undertaken to examine the relationship between Fc gamma RIIa polymorphism and placental malaria (PM) in pregnant women of known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 status... - Polymorphism of Fc receptor IIa for IgG in infants is associated with susceptibility to perinatal HIV-1 infectionKimberly C Brouwer
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AIDS 18:1187-94. 2004..To evaluate the effect of polymorphism of the Fc gamma receptor IIa, which is associated with differential human IgG subclass binding, on perinatal HIV-1 transmission...
Research Grants
- Using GIS to Study IDU Risk Environments in TijuanaKIMBERLY BROUWER; Fiscal Year: 2007..Data generated from this study will be used by the applicant to develop a subsequent R01 application. ..
- Evolving HIV/STI risk environments of FSWs on the Mexico/U.S. BorderKimberly C Brouwer; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Crossing Borders: HIV and Substance use at the Gateway to North AmericaKimberly C Brouwer; Fiscal Year: 2010..S. and help inform the development of HIV interventions and prevention programs that intervene upon risky substance use behaviors before they become further established. ..