Estimating the prevalence of syringe-borne and sexually transmitted diseases among injection drug users in St Petersburg, Russia

Injection drug users (IDUs) are the vanguard of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Russia. We sought a non-invasive method to estimate a point prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), syphilis and risk behaviours in IDUs attending the syringe exchange prog...

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Published in:International journal of STD & AIDS 2003-10, Vol.14 (10), p.697-703
Main Authors: Abdala, Nadia, Carney, John M, Durante, Amanda J, Klimov, Nikolai, Ostrovski, Dimitri, Somlai, Anton M, Kozlov, Andrei, Heimer, Robert
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Adolescent
Adult
Disease Reservoirs
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Russia - epidemiology
Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - microbiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - virology
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Syringes - microbiology
Syringes - virology
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Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
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Risk Factors
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Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - microbiology
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Syringes - virology
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