HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

K DeBeck, T Cheng, JS Montaner, C Beyrer, R Elliott… - The lancet HIV, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Mounting evidence suggests that laws and policies prohibiting illegal drug use
could have a central role in shaping health outcomes among people who inject drugs …

HIV prevalence among female sex workers, drug users and men who have sex with men in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Malta, MMF Magnanini, MB Mello, ARP Pascom… - BMC public health, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background The Brazilian response towards AIDS epidemic is well known, but the
absence of a systematic review of vulnerable populations─ men who have sex with men …

Are females who inject drugs at higher risk for HIV infection than males who inject drugs: an international systematic review of high seroprevalence areas

DC Des Jarlais, JP Feelemyer, SN Modi… - Drug and alcohol …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: There are multiple reasons why females who inject drugs may be more likely to
become infected with HIV than males who inject drugs. Where this is the case, special HIV …

[PDF][PDF] Tendências da epidemia de AIDS entre subgrupos sob maior risco no Brasil, 1980-2004

A Barbosa Júnior, CL Szwarcwald… - Cadernos de saude …, 2009 - SciELO Public Health
O presente trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar as tendências da epidemia de AIDS em
grupos populacionais sob maior risco no Brasil. A técnica de análise discriminante foi …

Hepatitis C in key populations in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review and meta-analysis

M Alonso, A Gutzman, R Mazin, CE Pinzon… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Objectives Summarize hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in injecting (IDU) and non-
injecting drug users (NIDU), men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers, and prison …

Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of transmission by transfusions at Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study‐II blood centers in …

EC Sabino, TT Gonçalez, AB Carneiro‐Proietti… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: In Brazil nationally representative donor data are limited on human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence, incidence, and residual transfusion risk. The …

Is the HCV–HIV co-infection prevalence amongst injecting drug users a marker for the level of sexual and injection related HIV transmission?

P Vickerman, NK Martin, A Roy, T Beattie… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Amongst injecting drug users (IDUs), HIV is transmitted sexually and
parenterally, but HCV is transmitted primarily parenterally. We assess and model the …

[HTML][HTML] Estimaciones del consumo de drogas ilícitas derivadas del análisis de aguas residuales: Una revisión crítica

A Pacheco Ferreira - Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander …, 2019 - scielo.org.co
La medición cuantitativa de drogas ilícitas en aguas residuales puede proporcionar
información objetiva sobre los patrones y tendencias del uso de psicotrópicos en la …

Analysis of duration of risk behaviour for key populations: a literature review

E Fazito, P Cuchi, M Mahy, T Brown - Sexually transmitted infections, 2012 - sti.bmj.com
Background The objective of this paper is to review literature in order to calculate regional
estimates of the average duration of time individuals maintain a specific high-risk behaviour …

Understanding the trends in HIV and hepatitis C prevalence amongst injecting drug users in different settings—implications for intervention impact

P Vickerman, NK Martin, M Hickman - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A recent systematic review observed that HIV prevalence amongst injectors
is negligible (< 1%) below a threshold HCV prevalence of 30%, but thereafter increases with …