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• Title: Seroprevalence and Correlates of HIV and HCV Among Injecting Drug Users in Edmonton, Alberta (Quantitative Research) (Hepatitis C Virus) (Report)
• Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
• Release Date : January 01, 2010
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 305 KB

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Injection drug users (IDUs) are at risk for acquiring blood-borne pathogens (BBP), such as human immunodefiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), through the use of contaminated drug equipment. HIV (and to a far lesser extent, HCV) may also be acquired through sexual transmission routes, which place IDUs at additional risk for infection. Illicit drug use is associated with high-risk sexual behaviours, such as the exchange of sex for drugs or money, (1-3) and a greater likelihood of exposure to social and sexual networks with high HIV (and HCV) prevalence. In 2006, the rate of positive HIV test reports among Canadian adults was 9.4/100,000 and IDUs represented 19.1% of all such reports. In the province of Alberta, the rate of new adult HIV case reports was 7.2/100,000 with 21.8% of all cases being identified as IDU. (4) Nationally, the rate of newly reported HCV cases in 2004 was 44.7/100,000. (5) In Alberta, the rate of newly reported HCV cases in 2006 was 41.7/100,000 of which approximately 68% were attributed to IDU (Alberta Health and Wellness, 2008).

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