TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual behaviour and infection rates for HIV, blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among patients attending drug treatment centres in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AU - Bastos, Francisco Inácio
AU - Lowndes, C. M.
AU - Derrico, M.
AU - Castello-Branco, L. R.
AU - Linhares-De-Carvalho, M. I.
AU - Oelemann, W.
AU - Bernier, F.
AU - Morgado, M. G.
AU - Yoshida, C. F.
AU - Rozental, T.
AU - Alary, M.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - A survey was carried out in 2 drug use treatment centres (TCs) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to assess risk behaviours, HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections/blood-borne infections (STIs/BBIs). Two hundred and twenty-five drug users (195 males and 30 females) were interviewed and clinically examined, and their blood and urine were tested for STIs/BBIs. Prevalences (%) for these infections were as follows - HIV: 0.9, hepatitis B virus (HBV): 14.7, hepatitis C virus (HCV): 5.8, syphilis: 5.3, gonorrhoea/chlamydia (CT/NG): 4.7. In bivariate analyses CT/NG infection was associated with younger age (P = 0.003); current genitourinary symptoms (odds ratio [OR]= 6.2) and a mainly illegal source of income (OR = 9.1). Hepatitis C infection was associated with a history of ever having injected any drug (OR = 19.6), and with each one of the injected drugs. After multiple logistic regression, lower educational level (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.70) and 'ever having injected drugs' (AOR = 3.69) remained as independent risk factors for hepatitis B infection. In conclusion, TCs must implement programmes directed towards the prevention of STIs/BBIs.
AB - A survey was carried out in 2 drug use treatment centres (TCs) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to assess risk behaviours, HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections/blood-borne infections (STIs/BBIs). Two hundred and twenty-five drug users (195 males and 30 females) were interviewed and clinically examined, and their blood and urine were tested for STIs/BBIs. Prevalences (%) for these infections were as follows - HIV: 0.9, hepatitis B virus (HBV): 14.7, hepatitis C virus (HCV): 5.8, syphilis: 5.3, gonorrhoea/chlamydia (CT/NG): 4.7. In bivariate analyses CT/NG infection was associated with younger age (P = 0.003); current genitourinary symptoms (odds ratio [OR]= 6.2) and a mainly illegal source of income (OR = 9.1). Hepatitis C infection was associated with a history of ever having injected any drug (OR = 19.6), and with each one of the injected drugs. After multiple logistic regression, lower educational level (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.70) and 'ever having injected drugs' (AOR = 3.69) remained as independent risk factors for hepatitis B infection. In conclusion, TCs must implement programmes directed towards the prevention of STIs/BBIs.
KW - Drug treatment centres
KW - Drug users
KW - HIV infection
KW - Sexually transmitted infections
KW - Viral hepatitis
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U2 - 10.1258/0956462001916100
DO - 10.1258/0956462001916100
M3 - Article
C2 - 10872912
AN - SCOPUS:0034078013
SN - 0956-4624
VL - 11
SP - 383
EP - 392
JO - International Journal of STD and AIDS
JF - International Journal of STD and AIDS
IS - 6
ER -