Hepatitis C virus infection and co-infection with HIV among persons who inject drugs in 10 US cities—National HIV Behavioral Surveillance, 2018

J Chapin-Bardales, A Asher, D Broz, E Teshale… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Characterizing acute and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and
HIV/HCV co-infection among persons who inject drugs (PWID) can inform elimination efforts …

Adapted “Break the Cycle for Avant Garde” intervention to reduce injection assisting and promoting behaviours in people who inject drugs in Tallinn, Estonia: A pre …

A Uusküla, M Raag, DM Barnes, S Tross, T Ave… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In the context of established and emerging injection drug use epidemics, there is a need to
prevent and avert injection drug use. We tested the hypothesis that an individual motivation …

[HTML][HTML] First-line opioid agonist treatment as prevention against assisting others in initiating injection drug use: A longitudinal cohort study of people who inject drugs …

Z Bouck, AC Tricco, LC Rosella, HR Banack… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Among people who inject drugs, frequent injecting and experiencing
withdrawal are associated with facilitating others' first injections. As these factors may reflect …

Drug Misuse as an Epidemic: A Focus on the Synthetic Opioid Fentanyl

A Uusküla, J Feelemyer, DC Des Jarlais - Handbook of Substance Misuse …, 2022 - Springer
The spread of illicitly manufactured fentanyl has the potential to greatly increase fatal
overdoses in many places in the world. In 2015, Estonia and the USA ranked first and …

Assessing the Potential of Oral Opioid Agonist Treatment to Prevent Injection Drug Use Initiation Assistance Provision in People Who Inject Drugs

Z Bouck - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Injection drug use is a significant risk factor for morbidity and mortality from overdose and
injection-related infections. Most first-time injections involve assistance from experienced …