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Transmission, Intravenous Drug Abuser

MedGen UID:
309235
•Concept ID:
C1517568
•
Pathologic Function

Definition

Passage or transfer, as of a disease, by intravenous injection with shared drug paraphernalia from a donor intravenous drug abuser to a recipient intravenous drug abuser. (NCI) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTransmission, Intravenous Drug Abuser

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of in- and out-of-hospital screening for hepatitis C.
Zhou J, Wang FD, Li LQ, Chen EQ
Front Public Health 2022;10:984810. Epub 2023 Jan 25 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.984810. PMID: 36761331Free PMC Article
HIV treatment as prevention among injection drug users.
Wood E, Milloy MJ, Montaner JS
Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2012 Mar;7(2):151-6. doi: 10.1097/COH.0b013e32834f9927. PMID: 22227587
Improving coverage and scale-up of HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users: moving the agenda forward.
Sharma M, Burrows D, Bluthenthal RN
Int J Drug Policy 2008 Apr;19 Suppl 1:S1-4. Epub 2008 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.12.008. PMID: 18262403

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.
Artenie A, Stone J, Fraser H, Stewart D, Arum C, Lim AG, McNaughton AL, Trickey A, Ward Z, Abramovitz D, Alary M, Astemborski J, Bruneau J, Clipman SJ, Coffin CS, Croxford S, DeBeck K, Emanuel E, Hayashi K, Hermez JG, Low-Beer D, Luhmann N, Macphail G, Maher L, Palmateer NE, Patel EU, Sacks-Davis R, Van Den Boom W, van Santen DK, Walker JG, Hickman M, Vickerman P; HIV and HCV Incidence Review Collaborative Group
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023 Jun;8(6):533-552. Epub 2023 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00018-3. PMID: 36996853Free PMC Article
Barriers to accessing sterile injecting equipment for people who inject drugs: An integrative review.
Lawson E, Walthall H
J Clin Nurs 2023 Aug;32(15-16):4502-4514. Epub 2022 Sep 6 doi: 10.1111/jocn.16517. PMID: 36068712
Health service utilisation and access for people who inject drugs during COVID-19.
Efunnuga H, Higgs P, Walker S, O'Keefe D
Drug Alcohol Rev 2022 Sep;41(6):1304-1310. Epub 2022 Mar 9 doi: 10.1111/dar.13456. PMID: 35266229Free PMC Article
HIV prevention intervention for substance users: a review of the literature.
Elkbuli A, Polcz V, Dowd B, McKenney M, Prado G
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2019 Jan 3;14(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13011-018-0189-7. PMID: 30606266Free PMC Article
Young Drug Users: a Vulnerable Population and an Underutilized Resource in HIV/HCV Prevention.
Mateu-Gelabert P, Guarino H, Quinn K, Meylakhs P, Campos S, Meylakhs A, Berbesi D, Toro-Tobón D, Goodbody E, Ompad DC, Friedman SR
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2018 Aug;15(4):324-335. doi: 10.1007/s11904-018-0406-z. PMID: 29931468Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Non-imported malaria in non-endemic countries: a review of cases in Spain.
Velasco E, Gomez-Barroso D, Varela C, Diaz O, Cano R
Malar J 2017 Jun 29;16(1):260. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-1915-8. PMID: 28662650Free PMC Article
Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: lessons learned from success in Thailand.
Thisyakorn U
Paediatr Int Child Health 2017 May;37(2):99-108. Epub 2017 Feb 8 doi: 10.1080/20469047.2017.1281873. PMID: 28173741
Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in Iran.
Taherkhani R, Farshadpour F
World J Gastroenterol 2016 Jun 14;22(22):5143-53. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i22.5143. PMID: 27298557Free PMC Article
Community-acquired staphylococcal pneumonia.
Santos JW, Nascimento DZ, Guerra VA, Rigo Vda S, Michel GT, Dalcin TC
J Bras Pneumol 2008 Sep;34(9):683-9. PMID: 18982205
The future of the HIV pandemic.
Grassly NC, Garnett GP
Bull World Health Organ 2005 May;83(5):378-82. Epub 2005 Jun 24 PMID: 15976879Free PMC Article

Therapy

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.
Artenie A, Stone J, Fraser H, Stewart D, Arum C, Lim AG, McNaughton AL, Trickey A, Ward Z, Abramovitz D, Alary M, Astemborski J, Bruneau J, Clipman SJ, Coffin CS, Croxford S, DeBeck K, Emanuel E, Hayashi K, Hermez JG, Low-Beer D, Luhmann N, Macphail G, Maher L, Palmateer NE, Patel EU, Sacks-Davis R, Van Den Boom W, van Santen DK, Walker JG, Hickman M, Vickerman P; HIV and HCV Incidence Review Collaborative Group
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023 Jun;8(6):533-552. Epub 2023 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00018-3. PMID: 36996853Free PMC Article
Interventions to prevent HIV and Hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: Latest evidence of effectiveness from a systematic review (2011 to 2020).
Palmateer N, Hamill V, Bergenstrom A, Bloomfield H, Gordon L, Stone J, Fraser H, Seyler T, Duan Y, Tran R, Trayner K, Biggam C, Smith S, Vickerman P, Hickman M, Hutchinson S
Int J Drug Policy 2022 Nov;109:103872. Epub 2022 Oct 3 doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103872. PMID: 36202039
Hepatitis C Vaccine: 10 Good Reasons for Continuing.
Roingeard P, Beaumont E
Hepatology 2020 May;71(5):1845-1850. doi: 10.1002/hep.31182. PMID: 32060946
Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in Iran.
Taherkhani R, Farshadpour F
World J Gastroenterol 2016 Jun 14;22(22):5143-53. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i22.5143. PMID: 27298557Free PMC Article
HIV infection among intravenous drug users: epidemiology and risk reduction.
Des Jarlais DC, Friedman SR
AIDS 1987 Jul;1(2):67-76. PMID: 3130084

Prognosis

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.
Artenie A, Stone J, Fraser H, Stewart D, Arum C, Lim AG, McNaughton AL, Trickey A, Ward Z, Abramovitz D, Alary M, Astemborski J, Bruneau J, Clipman SJ, Coffin CS, Croxford S, DeBeck K, Emanuel E, Hayashi K, Hermez JG, Low-Beer D, Luhmann N, Macphail G, Maher L, Palmateer NE, Patel EU, Sacks-Davis R, Van Den Boom W, van Santen DK, Walker JG, Hickman M, Vickerman P; HIV and HCV Incidence Review Collaborative Group
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023 Jun;8(6):533-552. Epub 2023 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00018-3. PMID: 36996853Free PMC Article
Hepatitis C Vaccine: 10 Good Reasons for Continuing.
Roingeard P, Beaumont E
Hepatology 2020 May;71(5):1845-1850. doi: 10.1002/hep.31182. PMID: 32060946
Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in Iran.
Taherkhani R, Farshadpour F
World J Gastroenterol 2016 Jun 14;22(22):5143-53. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i22.5143. PMID: 27298557Free PMC Article
The future of the HIV pandemic.
Grassly NC, Garnett GP
Bull World Health Organ 2005 May;83(5):378-82. Epub 2005 Jun 24 PMID: 15976879Free PMC Article
HIV and the transmission of Leishmania.
Molina R, Gradoni L, Alvar J
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2003 Oct;97 Suppl 1:29-45. doi: 10.1179/000349803225002516. PMID: 14678631

Clinical prediction guides

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.
Artenie A, Stone J, Fraser H, Stewart D, Arum C, Lim AG, McNaughton AL, Trickey A, Ward Z, Abramovitz D, Alary M, Astemborski J, Bruneau J, Clipman SJ, Coffin CS, Croxford S, DeBeck K, Emanuel E, Hayashi K, Hermez JG, Low-Beer D, Luhmann N, Macphail G, Maher L, Palmateer NE, Patel EU, Sacks-Davis R, Van Den Boom W, van Santen DK, Walker JG, Hickman M, Vickerman P; HIV and HCV Incidence Review Collaborative Group
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023 Jun;8(6):533-552. Epub 2023 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00018-3. PMID: 36996853Free PMC Article
Lessons learned from the Amsterdam Cohort Studies among people who use drugs: a historical perspective.
van Santen DK, Coutinho RA, van den Hoek A, van Brussel G, Buster M, Prins M
Harm Reduct J 2021 Jan 6;18(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12954-020-00444-6. PMID: 33407562Free PMC Article
HIV prevention intervention for substance users: a review of the literature.
Elkbuli A, Polcz V, Dowd B, McKenney M, Prado G
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2019 Jan 3;14(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13011-018-0189-7. PMID: 30606266Free PMC Article
The distribution of new HIV infections by mode of exposure in Morocco.
Mumtaz GR, Kouyoumjian SP, Hilmi N, Zidouh A, El Rhilani H, Alami K, Bennani A, Gouws E, Ghys PD, Abu-Raddad LJ
Sex Transm Infect 2013 Nov;89 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):iii49-56. Epub 2013 Feb 14 doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050844. PMID: 23413401Free PMC Article
The future of the HIV pandemic.
Grassly NC, Garnett GP
Bull World Health Organ 2005 May;83(5):378-82. Epub 2005 Jun 24 PMID: 15976879Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.
Artenie A, Stone J, Fraser H, Stewart D, Arum C, Lim AG, McNaughton AL, Trickey A, Ward Z, Abramovitz D, Alary M, Astemborski J, Bruneau J, Clipman SJ, Coffin CS, Croxford S, DeBeck K, Emanuel E, Hayashi K, Hermez JG, Low-Beer D, Luhmann N, Macphail G, Maher L, Palmateer NE, Patel EU, Sacks-Davis R, Van Den Boom W, van Santen DK, Walker JG, Hickman M, Vickerman P; HIV and HCV Incidence Review Collaborative Group
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023 Jun;8(6):533-552. Epub 2023 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00018-3. PMID: 36996853Free PMC Article
Meta-analysis and time series modeling allow a systematic review of primary HIV-1 drug-resistant prevalence in Latin America and Caribbean.
Coelho AV, De Moura RR, Da Silva RC, Kamada AJ, Guimarães RL, Brandão LA, Coelho HF, Crovella S
Curr HIV Res 2015;13(2):125-42. doi: 10.2174/1570162x13999150317155040. PMID: 25777517
Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review.
Mathers BM, Degenhardt L, Phillips B, Wiessing L, Hickman M, Strathdee SA, Wodak A, Panda S, Tyndall M, Toufik A, Mattick RP; 2007 Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use
Lancet 2008 Nov 15;372(9651):1733-45. Epub 2008 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61311-2. PMID: 18817968
Non-injection drug use and Hepatitis C Virus: a systematic review.
Scheinmann R, Hagan H, Lelutiu-Weinberger C, Stern R, Des Jarlais DC, Flom PL, Strauss S
Drug Alcohol Depend 2007 Jun 15;89(1):1-12. Epub 2006 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.11.014. PMID: 17174481Free PMC Article
Hepatitis C: an epidemiological review.
Memon MI, Memon MA
J Viral Hepat 2002 Mar;9(2):84-100. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2002.00329.x. PMID: 11876790

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