title: Injecting drug users in Bangladesh: prevalence of syphilis, hepatitis, HIV and HIV subtypes.
abstract: Injecting drug users (IDU) were enrolled from two detoxification clinics and two needle/syringe exchange programmes (NEP) in central and northwest Bangladesh. Syphilis, hepatitis C and HIV rates were highest in IDU from the NEP of central Bangladesh (23, 66.5 and 1.4%, respectively), whereas current hepatitis B infection rates were highest in IDU from the NEP of northwest Bangladesh (12%). Five HIV strains were subtype C and one E/B. The 32 base pair (bp) deletion of the CCR5 gene was not detected.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Tasnim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azim
authors.forename: Jozef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogaerts
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Yirrell
authors.forename: Akhil C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Banerjea
authors.forename: Mohammed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sarker
authors.forename: Giasuddin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Mian M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Abu S M M
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Abu M Z
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs; D015995:Prevalence; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*