Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review

Sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) is a substantial cause of disease burden and a contributor to blood-borne virus transmission. We did a global multistage systematic review to identify the prevalence of IDU among people aged 15–64 years; sociodemographic characteristics of and r...

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Published in:	The Lancet global health Vol. 5; no. 12; pp. e1192 - e1207
Main Authors:	Degenhardt, Louisa, Peacock, Amy, Colledge, Samantha, Leung, Janni, Grebely, Jason, Vickerman, Peter, Stone, Jack, Cunningham, Evan B, Trickey, Adam, Dumchev, Kostyantyn, Lynskey, Michael, Griffiths, Paul, Mattick, Richard P, Hickman, Matthew, Larney, Sarah
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2017 Elsevier
Subjects:	Global Health Hepatitis B - epidemiology Hepatitis B - transmission Hepatitis C - epidemiology Hepatitis C - transmission HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - transmission Humans Risk Factors Sexual Behavior Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology Substance Abuse, Intravenous - psychology
ISSN:	2214-109X, 2214-109X
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