High prevalence of HIV infection associated with incarceration among community-based injecting drug users in Tehran, Iran

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-346

  Zamani, Saman ^a   Kihara, Masahiro ^a   Gouya, Mohammad M ^b   Vazirian, Mohsen ^b,c   Nassirimanesh, Bijan ^d   Ono Kihara, Masako ^a   Ravari, Shahrzad Mortazavi ^a   Safaie, Afshin ^b   Ichikawa, Seiichi ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Persepolis Society   (Iran)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HIV; Injecting drug user; Iran; MSM; Prison

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33745896496     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000219785.81163.67     Document Type: Article

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