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
Louisa Degenhardt,Amy Peacock,Samantha Colledge,Janni Leung,Jason Grebely,Peter Vickerman,Jack Stone,Evan B Cunningham,Adam Trickey,Kostyantyn Dumchev,Michael T. Lynskey,Paul Griffiths,Richard P. Mattick,Matthew Hickman,Sarah Larney +14 more
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A global multistage systematic review of sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) identified evidence of IDU in more countries than in 2008, with the new countries largely consisting of low-income and middle-income countries in Africa.About:
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement
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Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review
Bradley Mathers,Louisa Degenhardt,Louisa Degenhardt,Benjamin Phillips,Lucas Wiessing,Matthew Hickman,Steffanie A. Strathdee,Alex Wodak,Alex Wodak,Alex Wodak,Samiran Panda,Mark W. Tyndall,Abdalla Toufik,Richard P. Mattick,Richard P. Mattick +14 more
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TL;DR: More IDUs have anti-HCV than HIV infection, and viral hepatitis poses a key challenge to public health, which will inform efforts to prevent and treat HCV and HBV in IDUs.
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