A Case-control Study of HIV Infection Among Incarcerated Female Drug Users: Impact of Sharing Needles and Having Drug-using Sexual Partners

A Case-control Study of HIV Infection Among Incarcerated Female Drug Users: Impact of Sharing Needles and Having Drug-using Sexual Partners

Taiwan experienced a rapid surge in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among injection drug users (IDUs) from 2003 to 2005. The male-to-female ratio of HIV cases decreased from 20:1 in 2003 to 6:1 in 2006. This change is primarily due to increasing numbers of female injection drug users in Taiwan. O...

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Main Authors: Eugene Yu-Chang Peng, Ching-Ying Yeh, Shu-Hsing Cheng, Donald E. Morisky, Yu-Ching Lan, Yi-Ming Arthur Chen, Shu-Yu Lyu, Robert M. Malow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
case-control
female drug users
HIV
sharing needles
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664611600661

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