title: Drug use and HIV in West Africa: a neglected epidemic.
abstract: Injecting drug use is poorly documented in West Africa. HIV prevalence studies are still rare. Recent studies show that drug injection is on the rise. There is an urgent need to take this component of the HIV epidemic into account and to establish adapted intervention strategies.
authors.affiliation: Ensemble pour une Solidarité Thérapeutique en Réseau, Paris, France. gilles.raguin@esther.fr
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raguin
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lepretre
authors.forename: Idrissa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ndoye
authors.forename: Abdalla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toufik
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brucker
authors.forename: Pierre-Marie
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Girard
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D058872:Epidemics; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations