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Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review.
Larney S, Peacock A, Leung J, et al
Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Oct 23
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Allocative and implementation efficiency in HIV prevention and treatment for people who inject drugs.
Benedikt C, Kelly SL, Wilson D, Wilson DP; Optima Consortium..
Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Nov 21;38:73-80.
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Estimating the burden of disease attributable to injecting drug use as a risk factor for HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.
Degenhardt L, Charlson F, Stanaway J, et al
Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 21.
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Overview of HIV molecular epidemiology among People who Inject Drugs in Europe and Asia.
Nikolopoulos GK, Kostaki EG, Paraskevis D.
Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Jun 7.
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HIV-1 A1 Subtype Epidemic in Italy Originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and Shows a High Frequency of Transmission Chains Involving Intravenous Drug Users
Lai A, Bozzi G, Franzetti M,  et al
PLoS One. 2016 Jan 11;11(1):e0146097
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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.
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Opiate substitution treatment and HIV transmission in people who inject drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Macarthur GJ, Minozzi S, Martin N,  et al
BMJ. 2012 Oct 3;345:e5945.
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PEPFAR's evolving HIV prevention approaches for key populations--people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, and sex workers: progress, challenges, and opportunities.
Needle R, Fu J, Beyrer C, Loo V, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Aug 15;60 Suppl 3:S145-51
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Are major reductions in new HIV infections possible with people who inject drugs? The case for low dead-space syringes in highly affected countries.
Zule WA, Cross HE, Stover J, Pretorius C. et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2012 Aug 9
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Transitions from Injection-Drug-Use-Concentrated to Self-Sustaining Heterosexual HIV Epidemics: Patterns in the International Data.
Des Jarlais DC, Feelemyer JP, Modi SN,  et al
PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e31227
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HIV among injecting drug users: current epidemiology, biologic markers, respondent-driven sampling, and supervised-injection facilities.
Des Jarlais DC, Arasteh K, Semaan S, Wood E.
Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2009 Jul;4(4):308-13.
 Abstract

Setting targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users (IDUs): towards consensus and improved guidance.
Donoghoe MC, Verster A, Pervilhac C, Williams P.
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Apr;19 Suppl 1:S5-14.
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 HIV risk behaviors among female IDUs in developing and transitional countries.
Cleland CM, Des Jarlais DC, et al 
BMC Public Health. 2007 Oct 1;7(1):271
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Obstacles in provision of anti-retroviral treatment to drug users in Central and Eastern Europe
and Central Asia: a regional overview.
Bobrova N, Sarang A, Stuikyte R, Lezhentsev K. 
Int J Drug Policy. 2007 Aug;18(4):313-8.
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Antiretroviral treatment for injecting drug users in developing and transitional countries 1 year before the end of the 'Treating 3 million by 2005. Making it happen. The WHO strategy' ('3by5')*.
Aceijas C, Oppenheimer E, Stimson GV, et al
Addiction. 2006 Sep;101(9):1246-53.
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Decreasing international HIV transmission: the role of expanding access to opioid agonist therapies for injection drug users.
Sullivan LE, Metzger DS, Fudala PJ, Fiellin DA. et al 
Addiction. 2005 Feb;100(2):150-158.
Abstract
 
Africa
       
Regional/Multinational

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A Comprehensive Review of Available Epidemiologic and HIV Service Data for Female Sex Workers, Men Who Have Sex With Men, and People Who Inject Drugs in Select West and Central African Countries.
MacAllister J, Sherwood J, Galjour J, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Mar 1;68 Suppl 2:S83-S90
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FULL TEXT ARTICLE
HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa: Systematic Review and Data Synthesis.
Mumtaz GR, Weiss HA, Thomas SL,et al 
PLoS Med. 2014 Jun 17;11(6):e1001663.
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Epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers, their clients, men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs in West and Central Africa.
Papworth E, Ceesay N, An L, Thiam-Niangoin M,  et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 Dec 2;16(4 Suppl 3):18751.
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Task shifting redefined: removing social and structural barriers to improve delivery of HIV services for people who inject drugs.
Ti L, Kerr T.
Harm Reduct J. 2013 Oct 4;10(1):20.
Abstract

People who Inject Drugs, HIV Risk, and HIV Testing Uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Asher AK, Hahn JA, Couture MC, et al
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2012 Nov 17.
Abstract

Injection drug use, unsafe medical injections, and HIV in Africa: a systematic review
Reid SR.
Harm Reduct J. 2009 Aug 28;6(1):24.
 Abstract

Lack of Autodisable Syringe Use and Health Care Indicators Are Associated With High HIV Prevalence  An International Ecologic Analysis.
Deuchert E, Brody S.
Ann Epidemiol. 2006 Dec 13;
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Egypt
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  HIV prevalence and risk behaviors of male injection drug users in Cairo, Egypt.
Soliman C, Rahman IA, Shawky S, et al
AIDS. 2010 Jul;24 Suppl 2:S33-8
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Kenya

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
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Socio-demographic and sexual practices associated with HIV infection in Kenyan injection and non-injection drug users.
Budambula V, Matoka C, Ouma J, et al 
BMC Public Health. 2018 Jan 3
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Barriers and facilitators of access to HIV, harm reduction and sexual and reproductive health services by women who inject drugs: role of community-based outreach and drop-in centers.
Ayon S, Ndimbii J, Jeneby F,35
AIDS Care. 2017 Oct 25:1-8.
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A qualitative analysis of transitions to heroin injection in Kenya: implications for HIV prevention and harm reduction.
Guise A, Dimova M, Ndimbii J, Clark P, Rhodes T.
 Harm Reduct J. 2015 Sep 4;12(1):27.
Paper

HIV and STI Prevalence and Injection Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Nairobi: Results from a 2011 Bio-behavioral Study Using Respondent-Driven Sampling.
Tun W, Sheehy M, Broz D, et al
AIDS Behav. 2014 Nov 15
 Abstract

A Venue-Based Approach to Reaching MSM, IDUs and the General Population with VCT:
A Three Study Site in Kenya.
Singh K, Brodish P, Mbai F,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2011 Dec 25
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          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  HIV testing practices and outcomes for IDUs in Nairobi and Coast, Kenya
B. Mundia1 A. Orago, P. Mureithi, et al
 (XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Mauritius
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  High HIV and hepatitis C prevalence amongst injecting drug users in Mauritius: Findings from a population size estimation and respondent driven sampling survey.
Johnston L, Saumtally A, Corceal S, et al.
 Int J Drug Policy. 20t11 Jul;22(4):252-8.
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Nigeria
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Comparison of Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interview and Face-To-Face Interview Methods in Eliciting HIV-Related Risks among Men Who Have Sex with Men
and Men Who Inject Drugs in Nigeria.
Adebajo S, Obianwu O, Eluwa G, et al
PLoS One. 2014 Jan 8;9(1):e81981.
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A profile on HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Nigeria: Should we be alarmed?
Eluwa GI, Strathdee SA, Adebayo SB,  et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Jul 7.
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          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among female injecting drug users in Nigeria: an emerging mega epidemic
S. Adebajo, G. Eluwa, S. Adebayo, et al
 (XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

South Africa
 
         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Men who have sex with men (MSM), injection drug users (IDU), sex workers (SW) and HIV in South Africa - a review of evidence to inform policy and strategies to increase access to HIV interventions
A.P. Scheibe, B. Brown, H. Philips, et al
 (6th IAS Conference)
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Tanzania
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
An Overview of HIV Prevention Interventions for People Who Inject Drugs in Tanzania.
Ratliff EA, McCurdy SA, Mbwambo JK, et al
Adv Prev Med. 2013;2013:183187
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HIV Seroprevalence in a Sample of Tanzanian Intravenous Drug Users.
Williams ML, McCurdy SA, Bowen AM, et al  
AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Oct;21(5):474-83.
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         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Decrease of HIV prevalences over time among people who inject drugs (PWID) attending the harm reduction (HR) program of Médecins du Monde (MdM), in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
J. Bouscaillou, S. Massawe, A. Voets, et al
 (XX International AIDS Conference)
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Uganda

 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Kampala, Uganda-A Respondent Driven Sampling Survey.
Hladik W, Barker J, Ssenkusu JM,  et al
PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e38143
 Paper

Zanzibar
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject drugs in Two Serial Cross-Sectional Respondent-Driven Sampling Surveys, Zanzibar 2007 and 2012.
Matiko E, Khatib A, Khalid F,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2014 Nov 16.
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Australia/Pacific Islands
       
Australia

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Hepatitis C virus prevalence and associated risk factors among Indigenous Australians who inject drugs.
Doyle M, Maher L, Graham S, Wand H, Iversen J.
 Aust N Z J Public Health. 2017 Nov 22.
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HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Risk Behaviors Among Heterosexual, Bisexual, and Lesbian Women Who Inject Drugs in Australia.
Iversen J, Dolan K, Ezard N, Maher L.
 LGBT Health. 2015 Jun;2(2):127-134.
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Australia's Response to HIV Among People Who Inject Drugs.
Madden A, Wodak A.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2014 Jun;26(3):234-44.
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Injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney: prevalence and associations with sexual risk practices and HIV and hepatitis C infection.
Lea T, Mao L, Bath N,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2013 Jan 16.
Abstract

Fifteen years of HIV surveillance among people who inject drugs: the australian needle and syringe program survey 1995-2009.
Topp L, Day CA, Iversen J,
AIDS. 2010 Dec 29.
 Abstract

Changes in the initiation of heroin use after a reduction in heroin supply.
Day C, Degenhardt L, Hall W.  
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2006 Jul;25(4):307-313.
Abstract
Middle East
 		      
Multinational
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa: Systematic Review and Data Synthesis.
Mumtaz GR, Weiss HA, Thomas SL,et al 
PLoS Med. 2014 Jun 17;11(6):e1001663.
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Afghanistan

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
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Prevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C infection and harm reduction program use among male injecting
drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional assessment.
Todd CS, Nasir A, Stanekzai MR, et al 
Harm Reduct J. 2011 Aug 25;8(1):22.
Paper

Correlates of receptive and distributive needle sharing among injection drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Todd CS, Abed AM, Scott PT, et al
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008;34(1):91-100
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FULL TEXT ARTICLE
HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B infections and associated risk behavior in injection drug users, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Todd CS, Abed AMS, Strathdee SA, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis 2007 Sep
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Association between expatriation and HIV awareness and knowledge among injecting drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional comparison of former refugees to those remaining during conflict.
Todd CS, Abed AM, Strathdee SA, et al  
Confl Health. 2007 Mar 21;1:5.
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Israel
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Disclosure of HIV Infection Among Israeli Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Ben Natan M, Zeltzer I, Melnikov K.
J Transcult Nurs. 2011 Jan;22(1):40-5.
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Iran

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Patterns of HIV Risks and Related Factors among People Who Inject Drugs in Kermanshah, Iran: A Latent Class Analysis.
Sharifi H, Mirzazadeh A, Noroozi A, et al
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2016 Dec 12:
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Risk and vulnerability of key populations to HIV infection in Iran; knowledge, attitude and practises of female sex workers, prison inmates and people who inject drugs.
Khajehkazemi R, Haghdoost A, Navadeh S,  et al
Sex Health. 2014 Nov 24.
Abstract

High HIV Prevalence in a Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey of Injection Drug Users in Tehran, Iran.
Malekinejad M, Mohraz M, Razani N, et al
AIDS Behav. 2014 Oct 4.
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HCV, HBV, and HIV seroprevalence, coinfections, and related behaviors among male injection drug users in Arak, Iran.
Ramezani A, Amirmoezi R, Volk JE, et al   
AIDS Care. 2014 Feb 6.
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Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection among Injection Drug Users Released from Jail.
Moradi AR, Emdadi A, Soori B, Mostafavi E.
 Addict Health. 2012 Summer;4(3-4):151-5
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 HIV prevalence and related risk behaviours among female partners of male injecting drugs users in Iran: results of a bio-behavioural survey, 2010
Alipour A, Haghdoost AA, Sajadi L, Zolala F.
Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Sep 24.
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Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 infection in Iran: genomic evidence of CRF35_AD predominance and CRF01_AE infection among individuals associated with injection drug use.
Jahanbakhsh F, Ibe S, Hattori J, et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Aug 23.
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Viral Hepatitis and HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users in a Central Iranian City.
Sofian M, Aghakhani A, Banifazl M,  et al J
 ddict Med. 2012 Aug 14.
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Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection Among Male Injection Drug Users in Detention in Tehran, Iran.
Kheirandish P, Seyedalinaghi SA, Hosseini M,  
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Feb;53(2):273-275.
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HIV, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus co-infections among injecting drug users in Tehran, Iran.
Rahimi-Movaghar A, Razaghi EM, Sahimi-Izadian E, Amin-Esmaeili M.
Int J Infect Dis. 2009 May 20
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HIV Type 1 Subtype A Epidemic in Injecting Drug User (IDU) Communities in Iran.
Tagliamonte M, Naderi HR, Tornesello ML
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2007 Dec;23(12):1569-74.
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High Prevalence of HIV Infection Associated With Incarceration Among Community-based Injecting Drug Users in Tehran, Iran.
Zamani S, Kihara M, Gouya MM, et al  
Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Apr 24;
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     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Pakistan

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Correlates of Knowledge of HIV Transmission Among Incident Cases of HIV in a Cohort of Injection Drug Users Receiving Harm Reduction Services at Karachi, Pakistan.
Samo RN, Altaf A, Shah SA.
J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2014 Jun
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Performance and coverage of HIV interventions for injection drug users: Insights from triangulation of programme, field and surveillance data from Pakistan.
Khan AA, Khan A.
Int J Drug Policy. 2011 Apr 27
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Evidence for a "Founder Effect" among HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan.
Rai MA, Nerurkar VR, Khoja S,  et al
BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 12;10(1):7.
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Large sharing networks and unusual injection practices explain the rapid rise in HIV among IDUs in Sargodha, Pakistan.
Khan AA, Awan AB, Qureshi SU, et al
Harm Reduct J. 2009 Jun 26;6(1):13.
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Coverage to curb the emerging HIV epidemic among injecting drug users in Pakistan: Delivering prevention services where most needed.
Emmanuel F, Fatima M.  
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Feb 15
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Seroprevalences and co-infections of HIV, hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B virus in injecting drug users in Quetta, Pakistan.
Achakzai M, Kassi M, Kasi PM.
Trop Doct. 2007 Jan;37(1):43-5.
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