title: [AIDS and intravenous drug abuse].
abstract: The importance of intravenous drug-abuse as a vehicle of HIV and AIDS is evidenced on the basis of recent epidemiological data gathered in the USA. The rate of seropositivity among intravenous drug-addicts (whose total number i is close to one million) is estimated at more than 20 percent. Besides direct contamination, risks of contamination of sexual partners and their offspring can be evaluated from these figures. The programme developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse against AIDS, aimed at that particular target population, is presented in its various aspects, including basic research, treatment and prevention.
authors.affiliation: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, M.D. 20857.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Pickens
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012106:Research; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Le sida et l'abus de drogue par voie intraveineuse.