[The behavioral risk factors for contracting HIV infection in the intravenous administration of narcotics in abusers of psychoactive substances in the city of Rostov-on-Don].

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 15 Apr 1999 Russian Journal:Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii (issn: 0372-9311,

Authors: S R, Saukhat; N M, Tormozova; V D, Rabinovich; N V, Orlov; A A, Pankova; D V, Vorontsov; I V, Ryndich;

pmid: 10096224

[The behavioral risk factors for contracting HIV infection in the intravenous administration of narcotics in abusers of psychoactive substances in the city of Rostov-on-Don].

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Abstract

150 persons (drug users) who had applied to the department of psycho-social consultations and voluntary tests for the presence of HIV infection and STD of the Regional AIDS Control Center, as well as partners of HIV-infected addicts in the intravenous use of drugs, were examined. Out of 150 examined persons 63 were found to be positive for HIV infection. Among dangerous behavioral patterns, characteristic of drug addicts introducing drugs intravenously, the practice of repeated aspiration of the drug into syringes from the dose of the drug solution, common for the whole group of addicts, was noted as the most widespread habit.

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Urban Population, HIV Infections, Opioid-Related Disorders, Russia, Risk-Taking, Sexual Partners, Risk Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, HIV-1, Humans, Substance Abuse, Intravenous

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