Prevalence and correlates of infection with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus among drug users in Italy: a cross-sectional study.
Drug users in Italy continue to have a high prevalence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B and C viruses, associated with older age, being unemployed, injecting use, and a longer history of injecting. The results underline the need for control programmes among drug users in Italy.
Camoni
Laura
L
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Regine
Vincenza
V
Salfa
Maria C
MC
Nicoletti
Giovanni
G
Canuzzi
Pietro
P
Magliocchetti
Natalia
N
Rezza
Giovanni
G
Suligoi
Barbara
B
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055030:Drug Users; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*