... purposes) Conflict and Health 2007, 1:5 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/1/1/5 Table 1: Correlates of living outside Afghanistan in the last decade amonginjectingdrugusersin Kabul (n = 463) ... programs in post-conflict settings [25-27] Returning refugees should receive special attention as injecting is believed to be an imported behavior and returning refugees engage in high-risk injecting ... 1:5 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/1/1/5 Table 3: Specific HIV knowledge among injection drugusersin Kabul, Afghanistan Question Topic Correct Knowledge %, (n) HIV infectious forever...
... needles/syringes ever andin the last three months, sharing injecting “works” (e.g cookers, cotton) ever andin the last three months, duration of injecting, injecting while incarcerated, aspirating and ... summary, both injectingdrug use and NSP utilization appear to be increasing in Kabul, Afghanistan Injecting has become an accepted and popular route of drug administration, tied to many factors, ... Table Variables independently associated with HIV andhepatitis < /b> BandC infection in logistic regression analysis among a cohort of male injectingdrugusersin Kabul, Afghanistan (N = 483) Continuous...
... Discussion and conclusion Reducing the incidence of HCV continues to present a considerable challenge Recent UK based research conducted amongst injectingdrugusers documented an incidence rate ... increase in distribution Such increase in distribution does not lead to an increase ininjectingdrug use or a switch from non -injecting to injecting [39,40] Cost-effectiveness of needle exchange programmes ... attributable to injectingdrug use Abbreviations BBV – blood borne virus < /b> ELISA – enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay HCV – Hepatitis < /b> C HIV – Human immunodeficiency virus < /b> IDUs – injectingdrug users...
... those groups Obstacles included locating and identifying IDUs who were circumspect about being approached by researchers unknown to them outside of HIV/AIDS service settings, since they believed this ... accessing different NGO services A Ukrainian client described an ‘ informal and confiding atmosphere’ and the way staff were attentive, sympathetic and non- discriminating The maintenance of confidentiality ... reproduces discriminatory practices among law enforcement officers and service providers; economic and geographical barriers exaggerated by stigma, discriminatory practices and factors impacting on the...
... by police and a strong military and paramilitary presence in Manipur [11,13,14] In India, narcotic substances, such as opium, coca leaf and psychotropic substances specified in the Narcotic Drugs ... Immediate publication on acceptance • Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar • Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit ... disadvantage; specific injecting environments such as prisons; social stigma and discrimination; policies, laws and policing; and complex emergencies such as armed conflict [29] With the exception of...
... were ineligible due to the absence of physical druginjecting signs in combination with poor knowledge of the local IDU scene and practices and/ or unconvincing statements about personal drug ... opiate drugs (> years) increased the risk of HCV Recent Table 1: Prevalence of HIV andhepatitis < /b> Cvirus < /b> (HCV) infectionsamong injection drugusersin Vinnitsya, Ukraine HIV status # (%) HCV status ... http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/6/1/23 Table 2: Univariate analysis of categorical factors associated with HIV andhepatitis < /b> Cvirus < /b> (HCV) infectionsamong injection drugusersin Vinnitsya, Ukraine...
... nature and the risk factors of HCV, with advice on prevention including the need to reduce sharing of injecting equipment and safer injecting practices It was intended to be a non- interactive intervention ... maintenance andhepatitis < /b> Cvirus < /b> infection amonginjectingdrugusers Addiction 1997, 8:999-1005 Mathei C, Buntinx F, Van Damme P: Seroprevalence of hepatitis < /b> C markers among intravenous drugusersin ... established by a combination of clinical assessment by service staff, and baseline research interview conducted by the research workers Ethical approval for the research was sought and obtained...
... of cytosolic cytochrome c ( 15 kDa) (C) Hepatic cytosolic fractions isolated from ETA-injected or DT-injected rats were incubated with fluorescent substrates speci c for caspase-9, caspase-3, and ... induced ADP-ribosylation of cytosolic EF-2 as well as the mitochondrial release of cytochrome c, both in vivo andin vitro, with the in vitro effects being substantially increased by cathepsin B ... bafilomycin-A1 were purchased from Calbiochem Bovine cathepsin D (EC 3.4.23.5, 15 UÆmg)1), bovine cathepsin B (EC 3.4.22.1, recombinant truncated human furin 10 UÆmg)1), (2000 UÆmL)1) and human...
... [8–10] HIF-1 consists of two subunits HIF-1α, a DNAbinding protein, has increased stability and binding in hypoxic conditions and is degraded rapidly in normoxia The accumulation of the α-subunits ... models As exciting as this emerging field is, with its predictable contribution to future ‘bench to bedside’ discussions, a more complete mechanistic understanding and future clinical trials will ... transcription factors in the regulation of oxidant-mediated α lung injury: role for hypoxia-inducible factor-1α Crit Care 2003, 7 :in press Fein AM, Calalang-Colucci MG Acute lung injury and acute...
... following primers: p65sNotI, 5'-TCGTAACAACTGCGGCCGCTTGACGCAAATGGGCGGT-3' and p65as, 5'-GCTGGATATCTGCAGAATTCCACC-3' Then, p65wt gene was cloned in pCMV-Tag1 plasmid using NotI/BamHI cloning sites ... with NF- B1 /p50 This can be explained because both subsites containing the residues that contact DNA present in each subunit of the dimer are necessary to bind the complex to the DNA backbone [44] ... Substrate (Pierce, Rockford, IL) Cytosolic and nuclear protein extracts were subjected to immunoprecipitation with specific antibodies In brief, 100 μg of nuclear or cytosolic proteins were incubated...
... effectiveness of the NRTI backbone of second-line regimens that often include ABC and TDF Moreover, the limited availability and the high cost of boosted PIs force clinicians in RLS to recycle ... approval was obtained from the Kenyatta National Hospital Ethics and Research Committee Using a structured questionnaire, basic socio-demographic and clinical data was obtained from each participant ... reviewed and published immediately upon acceptance cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep the copyright BioMedcentral Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp...
... hands, sharing injected and inhaled drugs, and having vaginal and anal sex The indirect interaction pictures included a person being bit by a mosquito and a person donating blood After observing ... HIV-risk behavior amonginjecting or non -injecting drugusersin Cape Town, Pretoria, and Durban, South Africa Subst Use Misuse 2009, 44(6):886-904 Farmer P: Social inequalities and emerging infectious ... and that this pattern occurs among marginalized drugusers as much as among individuals who embrace mainstream behavior sets Consequently, public health efforts must be particularly careful in...
... and hence far more changes ininjecting partners [56] Syringe exchange machines were found to be very effective in increasing access to sterile injecting equipment in prisons in Switzerland and ... and/ or mobile vans were identified by a comprehensive search of electronic databases such as Medline, Medscape, Current Contents, HealthSTAR, CAB Abstracts, Aidsline, Sociological Abstracts and ... recommends comprehensive NSPs including pharmacy involvement in distribution, strategically-placed dispensing machines and mobile exchanges Table 2: Standard of good practice of dispensing machine...
... D, Siebert U: Cost-effectiveness of treatment of HCV ininjectingdrugusersInHepatitis < /b> Candinjectingdrug use: impact, costs and policy options Edited by: Jager J, Limburg W, Kretzschmar ... Turning Point Alcohol andDrug Centre's clinical services Turning Point is a multidisciplinary drugand alcohol outpatient treatment service in Fitzroy, an innercity neighbourhood of Melbourne ... situated in alternative settings such as drug treatment clinics where large numbers of injectingdrugusers could potentially better access services The Healthy Liver Clinic (HLC) was established in...
... drugusersin Xinjiang, China J Infect 2007, 54(3):285-290 Wu Z: Recent trends of injectingdrug use and related HIV infection in China Global Research Network Meeting on HIV Prevention in Drug- Using ... true background rate among IDUs in the study community Second, recall bias and social desirability bias are possible, since the drug use and sexual behavioral information was collected based ... large outbreak of HIV in China was identified in 1989 among injection drugusers (IDUs) in Dehong Prefecture of Yunnan Province on the Myanmar (Burma) border in southwest China [7] The specific HIV...
... F, Pajusco B, Sarti M, Talamini G, Lechi A, Mezzelani P, Des Jarlais DC: Factors associated with hepatitis < /b> Cvirus < /b> infection in injection and noninjection drugusersin Italy Clin Infect Dis 2003, ... documented in the literature, particularly within the context of heroin use [19-21] Factors associated with transitioning from non -injecting to injecting have included demographic characteristics such ... to be characterized by unstable housing, criminal activity, health problems and injection risks compared to non- co -users of crack [4] In addition to poly-substance use, the diversification of drug...
... participants in Mexico and 9.9% in Texas using RDS calculations compared with New Mexico's crude calculation of 3.0% All categorical variables – including sociodemographic and risk behavior information ... and resources including Programa Compañeros, A .C in Ciudad Juárez; Camino de Vida in Las Cruces, New Mexico; Families and Youth, Incorporated in Las Cruces, New Mexico; Mainstreet Methadone Clinic ... Tattoos, incarceration andhepatitis < /b> BandCamong street-recruited injection drugusersin New Mexico, USA: update Epidemiol Infect 2005, 133:1146-1148 Bucardo J, Brouwer KC, Magis-Rodriguez C, Ramos...
... frequencies [29,30] New injectors create special problems for HIV prevention Studies have found higher rates of injecting risk behavior and a higher incidence of blood-borne infectionsamong new injectors ... 28 29 30 Thein HH, Denoe M, van Beek I, Dore G, MacDonald M: Injecting behaviour of injectingdrugusers at needle and syringe programmes and pharmacies in Australia Int J Drug Policy 2003, 14:425-430 ... geographical origin and clinical stage including a unique seroconversion panel J Clin Microbiol 1998, 70:139-151 Victora CG, Huttly SR, Fuchs SC, Olinto MT: The role of conceptual frameworks in epidemiological...
... accessible and bountiful source of heroin, which is administered primarily by injection [2-4] Consequently, injection-associated infections such as HIV andhepatitis < /b> Cvirus < /b> are increasing among ... depressants in combination with opioids, injecting a small preliminary dose to judge the strength of the drug) Responses were independently coded by two researchers (TCG, KB) for content and accuracy ... should inform drugusers that this strategy is impossible in practice when using heroin since drug strength can vary substantially The study findings also indicated that St Petersburg drug users...