Journal article
Demographic characteristics and risk behaviors associated with HIV positive injecting drug users in Xinjiang, China
The Journal of infection, Vol.54(3), pp.285-290
03/2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.06.001
PMID: 16831464
Abstract
To determine the demographic characteristics and risk behaviors associated with HIV positive and negative injection drug users (IDUs) who were screened for inclusion in a prospective cohort study to estimate HIV incidence in Xinjiang, China.
Data analyses were performed on the demographic and risk assessment data collected at screening from high-risk IDUs, defined as anyone who reported injecting drugs at least three times per week in the last month or injected drugs after sharing equipment on at least three occasions in the last three months.
HIV antibody prevalence among 781 IDUs at baseline survey was 29%. The following factors were significantly associated with an increase in risk for HIV infection: age ≥26years (OR=3.16, 95% CI [2.02;4.94]), lack of college education (OR=2.32, 95% CI [1.02;5.25]), frequency of heroin use (OR=1.23, 95% CI [1.02;1.47]) and sharing of rinse water (OR=1.47, 95% CI [1.18;1.84]). Female gender (OR=0.44, 95% CI [0.22;0.86]), being Han vs Uighur ethnicity (OR=0.18, 95% CI [0.11;0.27]), and other race vs Uighur ethnicity (OR=0.23, 95% CI [0.12;0.44]) were significantly associated with a lower risk of HIV infection.
HIV infection among high risk IDUs in Xinjiang, China is high and is associated with older male Uighur IDUs who lack college education, frequently inject heroin, and/or share rinse water. There is a great potential for HIV transmission from IDUs to the general population. Therefore, related risk behaviors in IDUs, especially their sexual behavior, should be closely monitored.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Demographic characteristics and risk behaviors associated with HIV positive injecting drug users in Xinjiang, China
- Creators
- Yuanzhi Zhang - Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 48 Beijing South Road, Urumqi 830011, ChinaHua Shan - Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Carnegie 415, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USAJennifer Trizzino - Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Carnegie 415, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USAYuhua Ruan - National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, 27 Nanwei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, ChinaGeetha Beauchamp - Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention (SCHARP), 1100 Fairview Avenue N. LE 400, Seattle, WA 98109, USABenoît Mâsse - Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention (SCHARP), 1100 Fairview Avenue N. LE 400, Seattle, WA 98109, USAJun Ma - Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 48 Beijing South Road, Urumqi 830011, ChinaYuan Gu - Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 48 Beijing South Road, Urumqi 830011, ChinaYixin He - National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, 27 Nanwei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, ChinaBaoling Rui - Urumqi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiankang Road, Urumqi 830002, ChinaJun Wang - Urumqi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiankang Road, Urumqi 830002, ChinaKatharine Poundstone - Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Carnegie 415, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USAYan Jiang - National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, 27 Nanwei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, ChinaJ Brooks Jackson - Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Carnegie 415, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USAYiming Shao - National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, 27 Nanwei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of infection, Vol.54(3), pp.285-290
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.06.001
- PMID
- 16831464
- ISSN
- 0163-4453
- eISSN
- 1532-2742
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2007
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Pathology; Physics and Astronomy; VPMA - Administration; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984047698702771
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