tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " High HCV seroprevalence and HIV drug use risk behaviors among injection drug users in Pakistan"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: High HCV seroprevalence and HIV drug use risk behaviors among injection drug users in Pakistan | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Open Access High HCV seroprevalence and HIV drug use risk behaviors among injection drug users in Pakistan Irene Kuo 1 Salman ul-Hasan2 Noya Galai3 David L Thomas3 4 Tariq Zafar2 Mohammad A Ahmed3 and Steffanie A Strathdee5 Address Department of Mental Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore Maryland 21205 USA 2Nai Zindagi Office No. 37-38 Top floor Beverly Center Jinnah Avenue Blue Area Islamabad Pakistan 3Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore Maryland 21205 USA 4Division of Infectious Diseases Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland 21205 USA and 5Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine University of California at San Diego La Jolla California 92093 USA Email Irene Kuo - sphirk@ Salman ul-Hasan - salman@ Noya Galai - ngalai@ David L Thomas - dthomas@ Tariq Zafar - stz555@ Mohammad A Ahmed - mahmed@ Steffanie A Strathdee - sstrathdee@ Corresponding author Published 16 August 2006 Received 09 August 2006 Accepted 16 August 2006 Harm Reduction Journal 2006 3 26 doi l 477-7517-3-26 This article is available from http content 3 1 26 2006 Kuo et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction HIV and HCV risk behaviors among injection drug users IDUs in two urban areas in Pakistan were identified. Methods From May to June 2003 351 IDUs recruited in harm-reduction drop-in centers operated by a national non-governmental organization in Lahore Punjab province and Quetta Balochistan