HIV transmission from drug injectors to partners who do not inject, and beyond: Modelling the potential for a generalized heterosexual epidemic in St. Petersburg, Russia

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 242-247

  Mills, Harriet L ^a   White, Edward ^b   Colijn, Caroline ^a   Vickerman, Peter ^c   Heimer, Robert ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterosexual transmission; Injecting drug users; Mathematical model; Partners of IDUs; Russia; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION; INJECTING DRUG USERS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTNERS OF IDUS; RUSSIA; SURVEILLANCE;

EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84884418316     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.04.028     Document Type: Article

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