U.K. Health Protection Agency, London
HIV prevalence increasing among injecting drug users in England and Wales
Published in Managed Care Law Weekly, October 2nd, 2005
In a recent report published in the journal AIDS, researchers in the United Kingdom conducted a study to "describe trends in HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in England and Wales between 1990 and 2003.
"Analysis of surveillance data from voluntary unlinked anonymous cross-sectional surveys collecting oral fluid samples and behavioral information from injecting drug users recruited from both drug agency (n=24,304) and community settings (n=3628)."
"HIV prevalence in England and Wales declined from 5.9% in 1990 to 0.6% in 1996 and...
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