Prevalence of HIV among injection drug users in Georgia

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chikovani, Ivdity ^a   Goguadze, Ketevan ^a   Ranade, Sudit ^b   Wertlieb, Mollie ^b   Rukhadze, Natia ^a   Gotsadze, George ^a  

^a CURATIO INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Georgia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION DRUG USER; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 79851514435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-9     Document Type: Article

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