title: [Attitudes and practices of drug users confronted with the risks of contamination by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B and C viruses].
abstract: This study has been conducted in Lille, Marseille, Metz, Paris and its suburbs using an ethnographic methodology. A total number of 1,703 subjects using injectable drugs have been interviewed in the streets and in treatments centers. The result of the study are as follows: sharing syringes did progressively decrease since 1988; reusing syringes and sharing of the injection equipment maintained itself during the same time period; a decrease of HIV seroprevalence; a massive HVC contamination; qualitative and quantitative data do suggest the important role played by the multiple use of the same syringes and the sharing of the injection equipment.
authors.affiliation: IREP - Institut de Recherches en Epidémiologie de la Pharmacodépendance, Paris.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Ingold
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toussirt
mesh_terms: D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000635:transmission*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*