HIV-1 CRF07_BC Infections, Injecting Drug Users, Taiwan

HIV-1 CRF07_BC Infections, Injecting Drug Users, Taiwan

Matthew LeBreton,* Sally Umlauf,† Cyrille F. Djoko,*‡ Peter Daszak,§ Donald S. Burke,¶ Paul Yemgai Kwenkam,# and Nathan D. Wolfe¶ *Walter Reed Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program, Yaoundé, Cameroon; †Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA; ‡University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon; §Consortium for Conservation Medicine, New York, New York, USA; ¶Johns Hopki...

HIV-1 binding and neutralizing antibodies of injecting drug users.

Previous studies have demonstrated a stronger seroreactivity against some synthetic peptides responsible for inducing neutralizing antibodies in injecting drug users (IDU) compared to that of individuals sexually infected with HIV-1 (S), but the effectiveness in terms of the neutralizing ability of these antibodies has not been evaluated. Our objective was to study the humoral immune response o...

Drug injecting and HIV risk among injecting drug users in Hai Phong, Vietnam: a qualitative analysis

BACKGROUND Hai Phong, located in northern Vietnam, has become a high HIV prevalence province among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) since the infection shifted from the southern to the northern region of the country. Previous research indicates high levels of drug and sex related risk behaviour especially among younger IDUs. Our recent qualitative research provides a deeper understanding of HIV risk...

EMCDDA publishes guidelines on testing for HIV, viral hepatitis and other infections in injecting drug users.

On 1 December 2010, World AIDS Day, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) published guidelines on testing for HIV, viral hepatitis and other infectious diseases in injecting drug users (IDU) [1]. The new guidelines recommend a strategy to increase the uptake of testing for HIV and other infections among IDU in Europe and beyond. This would enable earlier treatment...

Heterosexual transmission of HIV in injecting drug users.