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Injection site infections and injuries in men who inject image- and performance-enhancing drugs: prevalence, risks factors, and healthcare seeking

05.01.2015
This study examined the factors associated with reported symptoms of injection site infections and injuries in IPED injectors.
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Interview: Responses to new psychoactive substances in sexual health settings

23.06.2016
Information on health responses to the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) is emerging but, in many cases, remains anecdotal.
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Motion graphic: Drug use problems and mental health — comorbidity explained

20.05.2016
Drug use problems are often associated with health harms. Infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C, have clear links to drug use, but there are also links between drug use and...
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Homelessness and other risk factors for HIV infection in the current outbreak among injection drug users in Athens, Greece

13.02.2014
We examined HIV prevalence and risk factors among injection drug users (IDUs) in Athens, Greece, during an HIV outbreak. Efforts to reduce HIV transmission should address homelessness as well as scaling up...
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Design and baseline findings of a large-scale rapid response to an HIV outbreak in people who inject drugs in Athens, Greece: the ARISTOTLE programme

07.09.2015
In Athens, Greece, the ARISTOTLE intervention for identifying HIV-positive people among people who inject drugs (PWID) facilitated rapid identification of a hidden population experiencing an outbreak and provided HIV testing, counselling and...
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High regional variability of HIV, HCV and injecting risks among people who inject drugs in Poland: comparing a cross-sectional bio-behavioural study with case-based surveillance

21.02.2015
People who inject drugs (PWID) are an important group at risk of blood borne infections in Poland. However, robust evidence regarding the magnitude of the problem and geographical variation is lacking, while...
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Increasing prevalence of HIV infection among first time clients in Italian drug treatment services – is it sexual transmission?

30.04.2015
Changes in injection practice and type of drugs used do not support drug injection as the main explanation for an increased HIV transmission in people entering drug treatment services and the possibility...
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Dual diagnosis: a European perspective

01.01.2017
This editorial gives a summary of the EMCCDA 'Insights' publication examining the comorbidity, or dual diagnosis, of mental health issues alongside drug use in the European Union
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Hoffnung für die Behandlung von Hepatitis C bei Drogenkonsumenten

21.10.2016
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HCV prevalence and risk behaviours among injectors of new psychoactive substances in a risk environment in Hungary-An expanding public health burden

13.12.2016
In Hungary a large increase in injecting new psychoactive substances (NPS) coincided with decreasing harm reduction efforts and rising HCV infection. NPS injectors in Hungary are at severe risk of blood-borne infections...
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