HIV risk-related behaviors among injection drug users in Rome: differences between 1990 and 1992.
Temporal differences in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk-related behaviors among injection drug users in Rome, Italy, were analyzed in 487 drug users recruited in 1990 and 450 recruited in 1992. Sharing of syringes decreased among self-reported HIV-positive drug users between 1990 and 1992, but there was no change in their sexual behavior. Fewer HIV-seronegative drug users reported passing on used syringes in 1992 than in 1990; however, there was no change in the percentage of seronegative subjects using previously used syringes, and a reduction in condom use with primary partners. There still exists a great potential for transmission of HIV infection among injection drug users and from injection drug users to the general population.
Davoli
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M
Epidemiology Unit, Regional Health Authority, Rome, Italy.
Perucci
C A
CA
Abeni
D D
DD
Arcà
M
M
Brancato
G
G
Forastiere
F
F
Montiroli
P M
PM
Zampieri
F
F
D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016485:Needle Sharing; D012307:Risk Factors; D012384:Rome; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*