Human immunodeficiency virus among people who inject drugs: Is risk increasing in Europe?

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 48, 2013, Pages

  Hedrich, D ^a   Kalamara, E ^a   Sfetcu, O ^b   Pharris, A ^b   Noor, A ^a   Wiessing, L ^a   Hope, V ^c   Van de Laar, M ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DRUG USERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84888589634     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.48.20648     Document Type: Article

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