title: Can HIV epidemics among injection drug users be prevented?
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Strathdee
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: van Ameijden
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wodak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vlahov
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs; D012306:Risk; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control