Injection of new psychoactive substance snow blow associated with recently acquired HIV infections among homeless people who inject drugs in Dublin, Ireland, 2015.

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Authors
Giese, Coralie
Igoe, Derval
Gibbons, Zorina
Hurley, Caroline
Stokes, Siobhan
McNamara, Sinead
Ennis, Orla
O'Donnell, Kate
Keenan, Eamon
De Gascun, Cillian
Lyons, Fiona
Ward, Mary
Danis, Kostas
Glynn, Ronan
Waters, Allison
Fitzgerald, Margaret
Issue Date
2015-10-08
Keywords
DRUGS MISUSE
HIV INFECTION

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Injection of new psychoactive substance snow blow associated with recently acquired HIV infections among homeless people who inject drugs in Dublin, Ireland, 2015. 2015, 20 (40): Euro Surveill.
Publisher
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Journal
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/583464
DOI
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.40.30036
PubMed ID
26537764
Abstract
In February 2015, an outbreak of recently acquired HIV infections among people who inject drugs (PWID) was identified in Dublin, following similar outbreaks in Greece and Romania in 2011. We compared drug and risk behaviours among 15 HIV cases and 39 controls. Injecting a synthetic cathinone, snow blow, was associated with recent HIV infection (AOR: 49; p = 0.003). Prevention and control efforts are underway among PWID in Dublin, but may also be needed elsewhere in Europe.
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Language
en
Description
In February 2015, an outbreak of recently acquired HIV infections among people who inject drugs (PWID) was identified in Dublin, following similar outbreaks in Greece and Romania in 2011. We compared drug and risk behaviours among 15 HIV cases and 39 controls. Injecting a synthetic cathinone, snow blow, was associated with recent HIV infection (AOR: 49; p = 0.003). Prevention and control efforts are underway among PWID in Dublin, but may also be needed elsewhere in Europe.
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1560-7917
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