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         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
HIV and HCV among people who inject drugs in Central Asia.
Walsh N, Maher L.

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2013 Jul 29
Abstract

Gender disparities in HIV infection among persons who inject drugs in Central Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Des Jarlais DC, Boltaev A, Feelemyer J,  et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2013 Jul 24.
Abstract

Paradoxes in antiretroviral treatment for injecting drug users: access, adherence and structural barriers in Asia and the former Soviet Union
Wolfe D.  

Int J Drug Policy.
2007 Aug;18(4):246-54
Abstract


Afghanistan
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Risky behavior and correlates of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus infection among people who inject drugs in three cities in Afghanistan.
Ruiseñor-Escudero H, Wirtz AL,  et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Jul 30.
Abstract

Distinct Circulating Recombinant HIV-1 Strains Among Injecting Drug Users and Sex Workers in Afghanistan.
Sanders-Buell E, Bose M, Nasir A,  et al 
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2010 May 3.

Abstract


Bangladesh
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
HIV transmission in Bangladesh: an analysis of IDU programme coverage.
Reddy A, Hoque MM, Kelly R
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Apr;19 Suppl 1:S37-46.
Abstract

Cambodia
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cluster of HIV Infections Attributed to Unsafe Injection Practices - Cambodia, December 1, 2014-February 28, 2015.
Vun MC, Galang RR, Fujita M,  et al
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Feb 19;65(6):142-145.

Paper

China
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Trends and factors in human immunodeficiency virus and/or hepatitis C virus testing and infection among injection drug users newly entering methadone maintenance treatment in Guangdong Province, China 2006-2013: a consecutive cross sectional study
Liu Y, Liu Y, Zou X,
Chen W, Ling L|.

BMJ Open
. 2017 Jul 13;7
Paper

CRF07_BC strain dominates the HIV-1 epidemic in injection drug users in Liangshan prefecture of Sichuan, China.
Li L, Wei D, Hsu WL, et al

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2015 Jan 6
Abstract

Exploring the social meaning of curing HIV: a qualitative study of people who inject drugs in Guangzhou, China.
Chu C, Wu F, He X, et al

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2014 Nov 26.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in Transitional, Low and Middle Income Countries: An International Systematic Review.
Feelemyer J, Des Jarlais D, Arasteh K, Uusküla A.
AIDS Behav. 2014 Oct 21.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV virological failure and drug resistance among injecting drug users receiving first-line ART in China.
Leng X, Liang S, Ma Y,  et al
BMJ Open. 2014 Oct 15;4(10):e005886.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Risk Behaviors, Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Population Size of Current Injection Drug Users in a China-Myanmar Border City: Results from a Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey in 2012.
Li L, Assanangkornchai S, Duo L, McNeil E, Li J.

PLoS One
. 2014 Sep 9;9(9):e106899.
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Do community-based strategies reduce HIV risk among people who inject drugs in China? A quasi-experimental study in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces.
Wang K, Fu H, Longfield K,  et al

Harm Reduct J
. 2014 May 6;11(1):15.
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Association between Macroscopic-factors and Identified HIV/AIDS Cases among Injecting Drug Users: An Analysis Using Geographically Weighted Regression Model.
Xing JN, Guo W, Qian SS, et al

Biomed Environ Sc
i
. 2014 Apr;27(4):311-8.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
High Prevalence of HIV, HCV and Tuberculosis and Associated Risk Behaviours among New Entrants of Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinics in Guangdong Province, China.
Zhang L, Zhang D, Chen W,  et al  

PLoS One
. 2013 Oct 8;8(10):e76931

Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
High Prevalence of HIV-1 Intersubtype B'/C Recombinants among Injecting Drug Users in Dehong, China.
Han X, An M, Zhao B, et al

PLoS One
. 2013 May 31;8(5):e65337
Paper

Risks and predictors of current suicidality in HIV-infected heroin users in treatment in Yunnan, China: A controlled study.
Jin H, Atkinson JH, Duarte NA, et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2012 Nov 28
Abstract

Unprotected Sex Among HIV-Positive Treatment-Seeking Opioid-Dependent Adults in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Zhang Z, Wu Z, Poundstone KE,et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Oct;39(12):930-7.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Controlling HIV Epidemics among Injection Drug Users: Eight Years of Cross-Border HIV Prevention Intervention in Vietnam and China.
Hammett TM, Des Jarlais DC, Kling R,  et al
PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e43141.
Paper

Incidence, risk factors and causes of death in an HIV care programme with a large proportion of injecting drug users.
Spillane H, Nicholas S, Tang Z,  et al  

Trop Med Int Health
. 2012 Aug 5
Abstract

A mixed methods approach to identifying factors related to voluntary HIV testing among injection drug users in Shanghai, China.
Du J, Lombardi C, Evans E, et al
Int J Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 23
Abstract

The Investigation of HIV and HCV Infection and Risk Factors among Opiate Drug Users in Beijing, China.
Bao YP, Du C, Lu HY,
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2011 Dec 19
Abstract

Role of Sexual Transmission of HIV Among Young Noninjection and Injection Opiate Users: A Respondent-Driven Sampling Study.
Li J, Liu H, Li J, Luo J, et al

Sex Transm Dis
. 2011 Dec;38(12):1161-6.
Abstract


India
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Epidemiology of HIV and hepatitis C infection among women who inject drugs in Northeast India: A respondent-driven sampling study.
Mcfall AM, Solomon SS, Lucas GM, et al
Addiction  2017 Mar 20.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Factors associated with HIV testing among male injecting drug users: findings from a cross-sectional behavioural and biological survey in Manipur and Nagaland, India.
Ganju D, Ramesh S, Saggurti N.
Harm Reduct J. 2016 Jun 21;13(1):21.
Paper

High HIV burden among people who inject drugs in 15 Indian cities.
Lucas GM, Solomon SS, Srikrishnan AK, et al
AIDS. 2015 Mar 13;29(5):619-28.
Abstract

Voucher Incentives Improve Linkage to and Retention in Care among HIV-infected Drugs Users in Chennai, India.
Solomon SS, Srikrishnan AK, Vasudevan CK, et al 

Clin Infect Dis
. 2014 May 6
Abstract

Alarming epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus among injection drug users in the northwestern bordering state of Punjab, India: prevalence and correlates.
Panda S, Roy T, Pahari S, Mehraa J,  et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2013 Dec 18
Abstract

Emergence of cocaine and methamphetamine injection among HIV-positive injection drug users in Northern and Western India.
Mehta SH, Srikrishnan AK, Noble E, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Dec 17
Abstract

Barriers to antiretroviral treatment access for injecting drug users living with HIV in Chennai, South India.
Chakrapani V, Velayudham J, Shunmugam M, et al
AIDS Care. 2013 Nov 28
Abstract

.High Uptake of HIV Testing in a Cohort of Male Injection Drug Users in Delhi, India: Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection.
Sarna A, Tun W, Sharma V,  et al

AIDS Behav
. 2013 Mar 10.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Suicidal ideation and HIV risk behaviors among a cohort of injecting drug users in New Delhi, India.
Sarin E, Singh B, Samson L, Sweat M.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2013 Jan 15;8(1):2
Paper

Willingness to Access Peer-Delivered HIV Testing and Counseling Among People Who Inject Drugs in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ti L, Hayashi K, Kaplan K, et al
J Community Health. 2012 Nov 13.
Abstract
 

HIV Test Avoidance Among People Who Inject Drugs in Thailand.
Ti L, Hayashi K, Kaplan K, et al
AIDS Behav
. 2012 Oct 23.
Abstract
 
Malnutrition in a population of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug users living in Chennai, South India.
Tang AM, Bhatnagar T, Ramachandran R, et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2011 Mar 18
Abstract

HIV risk behaviours among injecting drug users in Northeast India following scale-up of a targeted HIV prevention programme
Armstrong G, Humtsoe C, Kermode M.
BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;
Abstract

The relationship between social network factors, HIV, and Hepatitis C among injection drug users in Chennai, India.
Latkin C, Yang C, Srikrishnan AK,  et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Feb 9
Abstract

The relationship between drug use stigma and HIV injection risk behaviors among injection drug users in Chennai, India.
Latkin C, Srikrishnan AK, Yang C, et al
 
Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2010 May 10.
Abstract

HIV infection and host genetic mutation among injecting drug-users of northeastern states of India.
Sarkar K, Das SS, Pal R, et al
 
J Health Popul Nutr
. 2010 Apr;28(2):130-8
Abstract
 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Factors associated with HIV testing among injecting drug users in India
D. Ganju, S. Ramesh, N. Saggurti
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Spatial mobility of injecting drug users: a social factor for the spread of HIV in India
S. Ramesh, D. Ganju, N. Saggurti
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Indonesia
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Impacts of stigma on HIV risk for women who inject drugs in Java: A qualitative study.
Spooner C, Saktiawati AM, Lazuardi E,  et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2015 Jul 20.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Active and latent tuberculosis among HIV-positive injecting drug users in Indonesia.
Meijerink H, Wisaksana R, Lestari M, et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2015 Feb 16;18(1):19317. 
Paper

Injecting drug use is associated with a more rapid CD4 cell decline among treatment naïve HIV-positive patients in Indonesia.
Meijerink H, Wisaksana R, Iskandar S,  et a
l
J Int AIDS So
c
. 2014 Jan 3;
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among injecting drug users in six Indonesian cities implications for future HIV prevention programs.
Morineau G, Bollen L, Ika Syafitri R, et al
Harm Reduct J. 2012 Sep 3;9(1):37
Paper

Response to first-line antiretroviral treatment among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with and without a history of injecting drug use in Indonesia.
Wisaksana R, Indrati AK, Fibriani A, et al

Addiction
. 2010 Mar 10.
Abstract
 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
The influence of social support on learning about HIV and the decision to be tested among IDUs in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia
R. Tambunan, R. Hershow, I. Irwanto, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Korea
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Prevalence and associated clinical characteristics of hepatitis B, C, and HIV infections among injecting drug users in Korea.
Min JA, Yoon Y, Lee HJ,et al  

J Med Virol
. 2013 Jan 30.

Abstract

Malaysia
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The complex interplay of social networks, geography and HIV risk among Malaysian Drug Injectors: Results from respondent-driven sampling.
Zelenev A, Long E, Bazazi AR,
Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Sep 15;37:98-106.
Abstract

HIV Prevalence Among People Who Inject Drugs in Greater Kuala Lumpur Recruited Using Respondent-Driven Sampling.
Bazazi AR, Crawford F, Zelenev A, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2015 Sep 10.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Genetic Characterization of a Novel HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF74_01B) Identified among Intravenous Drug Users in Malaysia: Recombination History and Phylogenetic Linkage with Previously Defined Recombinant Lineages.
Cheong HT, Chow WZ, Takebe Y,  et al

PLoS On
e
. 2015 Jul 21;10(7):e0133883.
Paper

HIV-related characteristics among female partners of injecting drug users in Kelantan, Malaysia: a descriptive study.
Mohd Nasarruddin A, Wan Mohammad WM, Nik Hussain NH,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2014 Dec 4:1-6
Abstract


Myanmar
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
What are the factors associated with HIV testing among male injecting and non-injecting drug users in Lashio, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.
Saw YM, Yasuoka J, Saw TN,  et al

BMJ Open
. 2013 Jun 20;3(6).
Paper

Risk behaviours among HIV positive injecting drug users in Myanmar: a case control study.|
Swe LA, Nyo KK, Rashid AK.
 
Harm Reduct J. 2010 Jun 2;7(1):12

Abstract


Nepal
       

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B and C Infections and an Assessment of HCV-Genotypes and Two IL28B SNPs among People Who Inject Drugs in Three Regions of Nepal.
Kinkel HT, Karmacharya D, Shakya J, et al 

PLoS One
. 2015 Aug 11;10(8):e0134455.
Paper

North Vietnam
       

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Using Contact Patterns to Inform HIV Interventions in Persons Who Inject Drugs in Northern Vietnam.
Smith MK, Graham M, Latkin CA, Go VL.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Jan 30
Abstract

Pakistan
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Hepatitis B and C Virus Infections Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected People Who Inject Drugs in Lahore, Pakistan.
Mansha S, Imran M, Shah AM, et al
Viral Immunol. 2017 Mar 27.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
High HIV Incidence among Persons Who Inject Drugs in Pakistan: Greater Risk with Needle Sharing and Injecting Frequently among the Homeless
Samo RN, Altaf A, Agha A, et al

PLoS One
. 2013 Dec 16;8(12):e81715.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Geographical and temporal variation of injection drug users in Pakistan.
Archibald CP, Shaw SY, Emmanuel F,  et al
Sex Transm Infe
ct
. 2013 Jan 11.
Paper


Taiwan
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

    

 

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Prevalence and factors associated with HIV infection among injection drug users at methadone clinics in Taipei, Taiwan.
Yen YF, Yen MY, Lin T,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2014 Jul 4;14(1):682
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Changes in HIV Incidence among People Who Inject Drugs in Taiwan following Introduction of a Harm Reduction Program: A Study of Two Cohorts
Huang YF, Yang JY, Nelson KE,  et  al
PLoS Med. 2014 Apr 8;11(4):e1001625.
Paper

Ascertaining the 2004-2006 HIV type 1 CRF07_BC outbreak among injecting drug users in Taiwan.
Hsieh YH.
Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 12.
Abstract

HIV Infection Risk among Injection Drug Users in a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program, Taipei, Taiwan 2007-2010.
Yen YF, Rodwell TC, Yen MY,  et al
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2012 Jul 11
Abstract

A Case-control Study of HIV Infection Among Incarcerated Female Drug Users: Impact of Sharing Needles and Having Drug-using Sexual Partners.
Peng EY, Yeh CY, Cheng SH,  et al  
J Formos Med Assoc
. 2011 Jul;110(7):446-53.
Abstract

Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 subtype B, CRF01_AE, and CRF07_BC infection among injection drug users in Taiwan.
Chen YJ, Huang YH, Chuang SY,  et al
 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2010 Apr 1
Abstract

Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 Subtype B, CRF01_AE, and CRF07_BC Infection Among Injection Drug Users in Taiwan.
Chen YJ, Huang YH, Chuang SY, et al 

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
.
2010 Feb 3
Abstract


Tajikistan
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Characterization of the Emerging HIV Type 1 and HCV Epidemics among Injecting Drug Users
in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Beyrer C, Patel Z, Stachowiak JA, et al 

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2009 Aug 18.
Abstract

Thailand
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Contextual Factors Associated with Rushed Injecting Among People Who Inject Drugs in Thailand.
Ti L, Hayashi K, Kaplan K, , et al

Prev Sci
. 2014 Mar 6.

Abstract

HIV Test Avoidance Among People Who Inject Drugs in Thailand.
Ti L, Hayashi K, Kaplan K, et al
AIDS Behav
. 2012 Oct 23.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
HIV testing and willingness to get HIV testing at a peer-run drop-in centre for people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ti L, Hayashi K, Kaplan K,, et al
BMC Public Health. 2012 Mar 13;12(1):189.
Paper

Drug use and the risk of HIV infection amongst injection drug users participating in an HIV vaccine trial in Bangkok, 1999-2003.
Martin M, Vanichseni S, Suntharasamai P, Mock PA,
et al |
Int J Drug Policy
. 2010 Jul;21(4):296-301
Abstract


Viet Nam
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Sexual violence and the risk of HIV transmission in sexual partners of male injecting drug users in Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province of Vietnam.
Vinh DT, Hien HT, Tri NM, Huynh DK.
Health Care Women Int. 2018 Jan 9:
Abstract

Variations in the Role of Social Support on Disclosure Among Newly Diagnosed HIV-Infected People Who Inject Drugs in Vietnam.
Go VF, Latkin C, Le Minh N,  et al  

AIDS Behav
. 2015 May 15.
Abstract

Prevalence and correlates of HCV monoinfection and HIV and HCV coinfection among persons who inject drugs in Vietnam.
Zhang L, Celentano DD, Le Minh N,  et al

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol
. 2015 Mar 12
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Drug injecting and HIV risk among injecting drug users in Hai Phong, Vietnam: a qualitative analysis.
Ahmed T, Long T, Huong P, Stewart D.

BMC Public Health
. 2015 Jan 29;15(1):32.

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Female sexual partners of male people who inject drugs in Vietnam have poor knowledge of their male partners' HIV status.
Hammett TM, Phan S, Nguyen P.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Dec 31

Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Community-Level Income Inequality and HIV Prevalence among Persons Who Inject Drugs in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam.
Lim TW, Frangakis C, Latkin C, et al

PLoS One
. 2014 Mar 11;9(3):e90723.
Paper

Correlates of non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a cohort of HIV-positive drug users receiving antiretroviral therapy in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Jordan M, Obeng-Aduasare Y, et al

Int J STD AIDS
. 2013 Dec 18.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Individual-level socioeconomic status and community-level inequality as determinants of stigma towards persons living with HIV who inject drugs in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam.
Lim T, Zelaya C, Latkin C, et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 Nov 13;16(3 Suppl 2):18637.
Paper

Effects of an HIV peer prevention intervention on sexual and injecting risk behaviors among injecting drug users and their risk partners in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam: A randomized controlled trial.
Go VF, Frangakis C, Le Minh N,  et al
Soc Sci Med. 2013 Nov;96:154-64.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Controlling HIV Epidemics among Injection Drug Users: Eight Years of Cross-Border HIV Prevention Intervention in Vietnam and China.
Hammett TM, Des Jarlais DC, Kling R,  et al
PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e43141.
Paper

HIV Risks Among Injecting Drug Users in Vietnam: A Review of the Research Evidence.
Do K, Minichiello V, Hussain R.

Curr HIV Res
. 2012 Jun 21.
Abstract

Perceptions of community- and family-level injection drug user (IDU)- and HIV-related stigma, disclosure decisions and experiences with layered stigma among HIV-positive IDUs in Vietnam.
Rudolph AE, Davis WW, Quan VM,et al

AIDS Care
. 2011 Jul 21.
Abstract

Influence of Perceived Secondary Stigma and Family on the Response to HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users in Vietnam.
Salter ML, Go VF, Minh NL, et al

AIDS Educ Prev
. 2010 Dec;22(6):558-70.
Abstract

Female sexual partners of injection drug users in Vietnam: an at-risk population in urgent need of HIV prevention services.
Hammett TM, Van NT, Kling R,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2010 Dec;22(12):1466-72.
Abstract

 


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