AIDS and intravenous drug use: the real heterosexual epidemic.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic and changes in injecting drug use in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This article discusses the changes in injecting drug use from 1998 to 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Rapid Situation Assessment and Response methodology was used to obtain the information. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were triangulated: 140 current IDUs and 35 sex partners of injection drug users (IDUs) were surveyed; 17 in-depth interviews with the surveyed IDUs and 2 focus gr...

Reconstructing the AIDS epidemic among injection drug users in Brazil.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic among injection drug users (IDUs) in Brazil has been unique in terms of temporal and geographical contrasts. This analysis explores these contrasts through the use of multilevel modeling. Standardized AIDS incidence rates among IDUs for Brazilian municipalities (1986-2000) were used as the dependent variable, with a set of social indicators as independent variables (covari...

Dyspnea following intravenous drug use

A 41-year-old man was referred to the outpatient clinic of our respiratory care department presenting with the symptoms of progressive cough, exertional dyspnea and tachycardia. The symptoms had started about 18 months earlier and had worsened continuously during the past year. At presentation the patient complained of dyspnea at the slightest exertion. An external chest radiograph showed shado...

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AIDS and intravenous drug use: future directions for community-based prevention research.

NIDA Research Monographs are prepared by the research divisions of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published by its Office of Science. The primary objective of the series IS to provide critical reviews of research problem areas and techniques, the content of state-of-the-art conferences, and integrative research reviews. Its dual publication emphasis iS rapid and targeted dissemination...