Anthrax infection among heroin users in Scotland during 2009-2010: a case-control study by linkage to a national drug treatment database
| Autor: | Colin N. Ramsay, Norah Palmateer, Sharon J. Hutchinson, David J. Goldberg, L. M. Browning |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Databases Factual Lower risk Heroin Disease Outbreaks Anthrax Drug Users Drug treatment Pharmacotherapy Risk Factors Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Humans Heroin users Substance Abuse Intravenous business.industry Case-control study Outbreak Surgery Infectious Diseases Scotland Case-Control Studies Multivariate Analysis Female business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 55(5) |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| Popis: | Using a data-linkage approach, we conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors in an outbreak of anthrax infection among Scottish heroin users. Factors associated with an increased risk of infection included longer injecting history, receiving opioid substitution therapy, and alcohol consumption. Smoking heroin was associated with lower risk of infection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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