Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage …

L Degenhardt, A Peacock, S Colledge… - The Lancet Global …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) is a substantial cause of
disease burden and a contributor to blood-borne virus transmission. We did a global …

Immunosuppressive effects of opioids—clinical relevance

A Brack, HL Rittner, C Stein - Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2011 - Springer
Opioid-induced immunosuppression has been demonstrated in cell culture experiments and
in animal models. This is in striking contrast to the paucity of confirmatory studies in humans …

Women with HIV in Indonesia: are they bridging a concentrated epidemic to the wider community?

A Rahmalia, R Wisaksana, H Meijerink, AR Indrati… - BMC research …, 2015 - Springer
Background Male injecting drug users drove the onset of the HIV epidemic in Indonesia but
over time more women have been diagnosed. We examined the relative proportion of …

[PDF][PDF] Men having sex with men in Surakarta, Indonesia: demographics, behavioral characteristics and prevalence of blood borne pathogens

AA Prasetyo, ER Ariapramuda, E Al Kindi… - … Asian Journal of …, 2014 - tm.mahidol.ac.th
The objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis D virus (HDV), human T …

A profile on HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Nigeria: Should we be alarmed?

GI Eluwa, SA Strathdee, SB Adebayo, B Ahonsi… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Injecting drug use is now recognized as a significant risk factor for HIV in sub-
Saharan Africa. We evaluated prevalence and correlates of HIV among injecting drug users …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness of methadone maintenance therapy as HIV prevention in an Indonesian high-prevalence setting: a mathematical modeling study

JJG Wammes, AY Siregar, T Hidayat, RP Raya… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Indonesia faces an HIV epidemic that is in rapid transition. Injecting drug
users (IDUs) are among the most heavily affected risk populations, with estimated …

Psychiatric comorbidity in injecting drug users in Asia and Africa

S Iskandar, R Kamal, CA De Jong - Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2012 - journals.lww.com
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Psychiatric comorbidity in injecting drug users in Asia and Africa : Current Opinion in Psychiatry …

Effective in vivo reactivation of HIV-1 latency reservoir via oral administration of EK-16A-SNEDDS

J Yang, C Shi, Y Cheng, Y Zhu, X Yang, Y Liang… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The latent reservoir of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a major obstacle in the
treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The “shock and kill” strategy has …

Differences in sociodemographic, drug use and health characteristics between never, former and current injecting, problematic hard-drug users in the Netherlands

P Havinga, C van der Velden, A de Gee… - Harm reduction …, 2014 - Springer
Background Injecting drug users are at increased risk for harmful effects compared to non-
injecting drug users. Some studies have focused on differences in characteristics between …

Virological failure and drug resistance during first line anti‐retroviral treatment in Indonesia

A Fibriani, R Wisaksana, A Indrati… - Journal of medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The virological response and development of drug resistance during first‐line anti‐retroviral
treatment (ART) were studied in Indonesia where the majority of patients infected with HIV …