Alarming epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus among injection drug users in the northwestern bordering state of Punjab, India: Prevalence and correlates

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 596-606

  Panda, Samiran ^a   Roy, Tarun ^b   Pahari, Sobha ^b   Mehraa, Jyotiee ^c   Sharma, Neeraj ^d   Singh, Gagandeep ^e   Singh, Jasbir ^e   Joseph, Francis ^c   Singh, Sukhvinder ^f   Sharma, Narinder M ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b NICED Project on Baseline assessment among IDUs in Punjab   (India)

^c HIV Prevention Advisor Abt JTA ^*  (India)

^d Blood Bank Amritsar Medical College   (India)

^e CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^f AIDS Control Society   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; epidemiology; human immunodeficiency virus; Indian subcontinent; injecting drug use; sexually transmitted infections; sexually transmitted viral diseases; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SUBSTANCE USE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPACIVIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902215135     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413515659     Document Type: Article

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