ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2019
Sharing of Injection Drug Preparation Equipment Is Associated With HIV Infection: A Cross-sectional Study.
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- Recent hydromorphone injection and risk of incident infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada: a cohort study.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections testing among people who use substances: findings from the 2023 British Columbia Harm Reduction Client Survey.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
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- Rapid initiation of antiretrovirals at a syringe services program for people with HIV who inject drugs.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Predictors of perceived HIV stigma among people who inject drugs in the United States.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- U.S. substance use harm reduction efforts: a review of the current state of policy, policy barriers, and recommendations.Harm reduction journal · 2025Review
- Barriers and recommendations for harm reduction services among people living with HIV in Manitoba, Canada: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- High levels of interest in access to free safer smoking equipment to reduce injection frequency among people who inject drugs in Seattle, Washington.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023Article
- Association of Illicit Fentanyl Use with Injection Risk Practices Among People who Inject Drugs.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- HIV-Host Cell Interactions.Cells · 2023Review
- The Synthetic Opioid Fentanyl Increases HIV Replication and Chemokine Co-Receptor Expression in Lymphocyte Cell Lines.Viruses · 2023Article
- Factors associated with receptive injection equipment sharing among people who inject drugs: findings from a multistate study at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
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- Multiple Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Superinfection Among Persons who Inject Drugs in Indonesia and Ukraine.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2022Article
- The association of gender with receptive and distributive needle sharing among individuals who inject drugs.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- A community-based study of abscess self-treatment and barriers to medical care among people who inject drugs in the United States.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Characterization of basal ganglia volume changes in the context of HIV and polysubstance use.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The hepatitis C epidemic in Canada: An overview of recent trends in surveillance, injection drug use, harm reduction and treatment.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSharing needles/syringes and sexual transmission are widely appreciated as means of HIV transmission among persons who inject drugs (PWIDs). London, Canada, is experiencing an outbreak of HIV among PWIDs, despite a large needle/syringe distribution program and low rates of needle/syringe sharing.
objectiveTo determine whether sharing of injection drug preparation equipment (IDPE) is associated with HIV infection.
methodsBetween August 2016 and June 2017, individuals with a history of injection drug use and residence in London were recruited to complete a comprehensive questionnaire and HIV testing.
resultsA total of 127 participants were recruited; 8 were excluded because of failure to complete HIV testing. The remaining 35 HIV-infected (cases) and 84 HIV-uninfected (controls) participants were assessed. Regression analysis found that sharing IDPE, without sharing needles/syringes, was strongly associated with HIV infection (adjusted odds ratio: 22.1, 95% confidence interval: 4.51 to 108.6, P < 0.001).
conclusionsSharing of IDPE is a risk factor for HIV infection among PWIDs, even in the absence of needle/syringe sharing. Harm reduction interventions to reduce HIV transmission associated with this practice are urgently needed.
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