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HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
Studies in the area of HIV/AIDS epidemiology reported from University of Illinois
May 13th, 2008
Research findings, 'Racial and ethnic changes in heroin injection in the United States: implications for the HIV/AIDS epidemic,' are discussed in a new report. "Racial/ethnic differences in drug injection prevalence contribute to disparities in HIV infection rates in the US between Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. We examine trends in the demographic characteristics of heroin injection drug users (IDUs) that may impact future HIV rates," scientists in the United States report. "Descriptive analyses were conducted of (1) the national Treatment Episode Data Set for 1992-2004 and of the 2002-2004 baseline data from (2) CIDUS-III, a 5-city study that recruited 3285 young IDUs,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-13)
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