Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review

Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review

Summary: Background: Sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) is a substantial cause of disease burden and a contributor to blood-borne virus transmission. We did a global multistage systematic review to identify the prevalence of IDU among people aged 15–64 years; sociodemographic ch...

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Main Authors: Louisa Degenhardt, ProfPhD, Amy Peacock, PhD, Samantha Colledge, BPsychSc[Hons], Janni Leung, PhD, Jason Grebely, PhD, Peter Vickerman, ProfPhD, Jack Stone, MMathStat, Evan B Cunningham, BSc[Hons], Adam Trickey, MSc, Kostyantyn Dumchev, MD, Michael Lynskey, ProfPhD, Paul Griffiths, MSc, Richard P Mattick, ProfPhD, Matthew Hickman, ProfPhD, Sarah Larney, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17303753

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