HIV outbreaks among people who inject drugs in Europe, North America, and Israel

DC Des Jarlais, V Sypsa, J Feelemyer, AO Abagiu… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary During 2011–16, HIV outbreaks occurred among people who inject drugs (PWID)
in Canada (southeastern Saskatchewan), Greece (Athens), Ireland (Dublin), Israel (Tel …

Estimated number of people who inject drugs in the United States

H Bradley, EW Hall, A Asher… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Public health data signal increases in the number of people who inject drugs
(PWID) in the United States during the past decade. An updated PWID population size …

A systematic review of simulation models to track and address the opioid crisis

M Cerdá, MS Jalali, AD Hamilton… - Epidemiologic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The opioid overdose crisis is driven by an intersecting set of social, structural, and economic
forces. Simulation models are a tool to help us understand and address thiscomplex …

[HTML][HTML] Syringe services programs' role in ending the HIV epidemic in the US: why we cannot do it without them

D Broz, N Carnes, J Chapin-Bardales… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diagnoses of HIV among people who inject drugs have increased in the US during 2014–
2018 for the first time in 2 decades, and multiple HIV outbreaks have been detected among …

Variation in HIV Transmission Behaviors Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural US Communities

WD Jenkins, SR Friedman, CB Hurt… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance People who use drugs (PWUD) continue to be at risk of HIV infection, but the
frequency and distribution of transmission-associated behaviors within various rural …

Preventing HIV outbreaks among people who inject drugs in the United States: plus ça change, plus ça même chose

SA Strathdee, I Kuo, N El-Bassel, S Hodder, LR Smith… - Aids, 2020 - journals.lww.com
This editorial review covers current trends in the epidemiology of HIV among people who
inject drugs (PWID) in the United States, including four recent HIV outbreaks. We discuss …

Between emergency department visits: the role of harm reduction programs in mitigating the harms associated with injection drug use

W Macias-Konstantopoulos, A Heins, CJ Sachs… - Annals of emergency …, 2021 - Elsevier
Injection drug use is a major public health problem in the United States. Cocaine, heroin,
and methamphetamine are the most commonly injected illicit drugs, whereas opioids are …

Machine learning takes a village: assessing neighbourhood-level vulnerability for an overdose and infectious disease outbreak

JL Yedinak, Y Li, MS Krieger, K Howe… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Multiple areas in the United States of America (USA) are experiencing high
rates of overdose and outbreaks of bloodborne infections, including HIV and hepatitis C …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing opioid-involved overdose risk in local communities: An opioid overdose vulnerability assessment across Indiana, 2017

JL Sawyer, S Shrestha, JC Pustz, R Gottlieb… - Preventive medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this initiative was to conduct a comprehensive opioid overdose vulnerability
assessment in Indiana and evaluate spatial accessibility to opioid use disorder treatment …

Paraphernalia laws, criminalizing possession and distribution of items used to consume illicit drugs, and injection-related harm

CS Davis, DH Carr, EA Samuels - American Journal of …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
The United States remains in the grip of an unprecedented epidemic of drug-related harm.
Infections of HIV, hepatitis C, and endocarditis related to lack of access to new syringes and …