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Sairus Faruque
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 9
Citations - 1174
Sairus Faruque is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) & Condom. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 1162 citations.
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Intersecting Epidemics -- Crack Cocaine Use and HIV Infection among Inner-City Young Adults
Brian R. Edlin,Kathleen L. Irwin,Sairus Faruque,Clyde B. McCoy,Carl O. Word,Yolanda Serrano,James A. Inciardi,Benjamin P. Bowser,Robert F. Schilling,Scott D. Holmberg +9 more
TL;DR: In poor, inner-city communities young smokers of crack cocaine, particularly women who have sex in exchange for money or drugs, are at high risk for HIV infection.
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Sex trading and psychological distress among women recruited from the streets of Harlem.
Nabila El-Bassel,Robert F. Schilling,Kathleen L. Irwin,Sairus Faruque,Louisa Gilbert,J Von Bargen,Yolanda Serrano,Brian R. Edlin +7 more
TL;DR: Poor mental health and drug dependence may under-mine the motivation and ability of these sex traders to adopt safer sex behavior, and interventions need to be integrated with mental health services and drug treatment to reduce risk behavior in this population.
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The high-risk sexual practices of crack-smoking sex workers recruited from the streets of three American cities
Diana Jones,Kathleen L. Irwin,James A. Inciardi,Benjamin P. Bowser,Robert F. Schilling,Carl O. Word,Patricia Evans,Sairus Faruque,H. V. Mccoy,Brian R. Edlin +9 more
TL;DR: Interventions to prevent HIV/STD transmission among crack‐smoking sex workers are urgently needed.
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Crack cocaine smoking and oral sores in three inner-city neighborhoods
Sairus Faruque,Brian R. Edlin,Clyde B. McCoy,Carl O. Word,Sandra A. Larsen,D. Scott Schmid,Jennifer C. Von Bargen,Yolanda Serrano +7 more
TL;DR: It is confirmed that crack smokers have a high prevalence of oral sores and evidence that these sores, although infrequently, may facilitate oral transmission of HIV is provided.
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Crack cocaine smokers who turn to drug injection: characteristics, factors associated with injection, and implications for HIV transmission
Kathleen L. Irwin,Brian R. Edlin,Sairus Faruque,H. Virginia McCoy,Carl O. Word,Yolanda Serrano,James A. Inciardi,Benjamin P. Bowser,Scott D. Holmberg +8 more
TL;DR: A survey of 1220 street-recruited crack cocaine smokers revealed that crack smokers may turn to drug injection to ease crack withdrawal and programs to prevent and treat crack dependence may prevent later injection and injection-related infections including HIV.