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University of California - San Diego
Deportation linked to higher risk of HIV infection in male injection drug users
August 12th, 2008
Male injection drug users deported from the United States to Tijuana have four-fold higher odds of HIV infection compared to those living in Tijuana who were not deported there, according to a study to be presented at the International AIDS Conference on August 5, 2008 in Mexico City. The study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be published in the July 30 issue of the Public Library of Science (PLoS) One. Although the study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in cooperation with Mexican health officials does not necessarily propose a causal role...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-12)
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