Prevalencia de infección por VIH y factores de riesgo asociados, en personas que se inyectan drogas en la ciudad de Medellín
| Autor: | Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Dedsy Berbesi, Susana Huacuja, Ana María Hoyos, Guillermo Alonso Castaño, Daniel Alberto Gómez, Ángela María Segura, Laura María Roldán, Heidy Johanna Contreras |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
riesgo Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) population vih agujas medicine.disease_cause Heroin 0302 clinical medicine Medicine risk education.field_of_study drug users Transmission (medicine) Infection prevalence Risk of infection transmission transmisión población Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Agujas Needles Health Respondent Infection síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida medicine.drug medicine.medical_specialty General Computer Science 030106 microbiology 030231 tropical medicine Population heroína lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Environmental health Infección lcsh:RC109-216 education business.industry Public health lcsh:RM1-950 HIV VIH infección usuarios de drogas lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology salud Heroína business Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida |
| Zdroj: | Infectio, Vol 24, Iss 2, Pp 88-93 (2020) Infectio, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 88-93, Published: JUN 2020 |
| ISSN: | 0123-9392 |
| Popis: | Introduction: the availability of high purity and low-cost drugs has increased the use of intravenous substances, which makes it a public health problem due to its association with HIV infection. Objective: to identify the factors associated with HIV infection in people who inject drugs. Materials and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out between December 2017 and January 2018 in Medellin, Colombia. We use the sampling conducted by the respondent (RDS). Results: They have recruited 224 subjects, 86.2% were men, 82.0% were single and 67.0% belonged to the subsidized or linked health system. The prevalence of HIV infection was 3.6%. This study found that 38.8% of consumers have shared needles and syringes with up to three people, representing a risk of infection of 5.07 times, compared to those who do not share (RPc = 5.07 95% CI: 1.19-21.55), and if this practice is carried out with a close friend, the probability increases to almost double (10.69) (RPc = 10.69 IC 95%: 2.26-50.61) (p |
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