ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2021
Hepatitis C virus infection and polysubstance use among young adult people who inject drugs in a rural county of New Mexico.
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- Patterns of polysubstance use among people who use drugs on an American Indian reservation of a southern plains Tribal Nation.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Genomic surveillance uncovers regional variation in HCV transmission networks in rural United States.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Linkage to hepatitis C virus care in a binational cohort study of People who inject drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
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- HCV prevalence and phylogenetic characteristics in a cross-sectional, community study of young people who inject drugs in New York City: Opportunity for and threats to HCV elimination.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Influence of polysubstance use on the health-related quality of life among people who inject drugs undergoing opioid agonist treatment following treatment for hepatitis c virus.Journal of substance use · 2024Article
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- The health needs of people leaving prison with a history of methamphetamine and/or opioid use.Drug and alcohol review · 2023Article
- How the rural risk environment underpins hepatitis C risk: Qualitative findings from rural southern Illinois, United States.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
- Increases in methamphetamine injection among treatment admissions in the U.S.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Association of co-occurring mental health problems with hepatitis C status among young people who inject drugs in rural New Mexico, 2016-2018.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Types of Drugs Used Among Hepatitis A Patients During Outbreaks Associated with Person-to-Person Transmission, Kentucky, Michigan, and West Virginia, 2016-2019.Journal of Appalachian health · 2022Article
- The Economic Burden of Infective Endocarditis due to Injection Drug Use in Australia: A Single Centre Study-University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Victoria.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Cascade of Care for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Young Adults Who Inject Drugs in a Rural County in New Mexico.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
aimsWe assessed prevalence and correlates for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in young adult people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural New Mexico, where opioid use has been historically problematic.
methodsParticipants were 18-29 years old with self-reported injection drug use in the past 90 days. We conducted testing for HCV antibodies (anti-HCV) and HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) and assessed sociodemographic and risk exposures. We provided counseling and referrals to prevention services and drug treatment. We estimated prevalence ratios (PR) to assess bivariate associations with HCV infection; and adjusted PRs using modified Poisson regression methods.
resultsAmong 256 participants tested for anti-HCV, 156 (60.9 %) had been exposed (anti-HCV positive), and of 230 tested for both anti-HCV and HCV RNA, 103 (44.8 %) had current infection (RNA-positive). The majority (87.6 %) of participants were Hispanic. Almost all (96.1 %) had ever injected heroin; 52.4 % and 52.0 % had ever injected methamphetamine or cocaine, respectively. Polysubstance injecting (heroin and any other drug) was associated with significantly higher prevalence of HCV infection (76.0 %) compared to injecting only heroin (24.0 %) (PR: 3.17 (95 % CI:1.93, 5.23)). Years of injecting, history of non-fatal opioid-involved overdose, polysubstance injecting, and stable housing were independently associated with HCV infection.
conclusionsHCV is highly prevalent among young adult PWID in rural NM. The high reported prevalence of polysubstance injecting and its association with HCV infection should be considered in prevention planning.
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