title: Interaction between HIV and intravenous heroin abuse?
abstract: In this article I will review the findings of the potential interactive effects of HIV infection and heroin use as observed in both clinical and laboratory studies. Some of the findings are discrepant and I will endeavour to propose models that could accommodate these variant results as well as suggest factors that could be considered in analysing future investigations in order to resolve these apparent discrepancies.
authors.affiliation: Section of Experimental Neuropathology and Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, DeCrespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK. i.everall@iop.kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ian Paul
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Everall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006678:HIV / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015658:HIV Infections; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous