Estimating the prevalence of syringe-borne and sexually transmitted diseases among injection drug users in St Petersburg, Russia

• Published in: International journal of STD & AIDS Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 697 - 703
• Main Authors: Abdala, Nadia, Carney, John M, Durante, Amanda J, Klimov, Nikolai, Ostrovski, Dimitri, Somlai, Anton M, Kozlov, Andrei, Heimer, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2003; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Disease Reservoirs; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Russia - epidemiology; Sexual Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - microbiology; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - virology; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Syringes - microbiology; Syringes - virology; Russia; NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; SYRINGES; INJECTION DRUG USERS

Injection drug users (IDUs) are the vanguard of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Russia. We sought a non-invasive method to estimate a point prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), syphilis and risk behaviours in IDUs attending the syringe exchange prog...