U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

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
Drug treatment as HIV prevention: expanding treatment options.
Metzger DS, Zhang Y
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2010 Nov;7(4):220-5. doi: 10.1007/s11904-010-0059-z. PMID: 20803321Free PMC Article
Medication-assisted treatment and HIV/AIDS: aspects in treating HIV-infected drug users.
Bruce RD, Kresina TF, McCance-Katz EF
AIDS 2010 Jan 28;24(3):331-40. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833407d3. PMID: 19910788

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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
AIDS and intravenous drug use: a growing menace.
Zapata V, Blanton C
J Drug Educ 1994;24(2):133-8. doi: 10.2190/M3M6-1EH9-YKP6-BPJJ. PMID: 7931923
HIV infection and intravenous drug use: critical issues in transmission dynamics, infection outcomes, and prevention.
Des Jarlais DC, Friedman SR, Stoneburner RL
Rev Infect Dis 1988 Jan-Feb;10(1):151-8. doi: 10.1093/clinids/10.1.151. PMID: 3281219
HIV and intravenous drug use.
Des Jarlais DC, Friedman SR
AIDS 1988;2 Suppl 1:S65-9. doi: 10.1097/00002030-198800001-00010. PMID: 3147682

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
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
New challenges for mathematical and statistical modeling of HIV and hepatitis C virus in injecting drug users.
Kretzschmar M, Wiessing L
AIDS 2008 Aug 20;22(13):1527-37. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282ff6265. PMID: 18670211
Perinatal infections.
Lynch L, Ghidini A
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 1993 Feb;5(1):24-32. PMID: 8381035

Therapy

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
Risk of HIV transmission from patients on antiretroviral therapy: a position statement from the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy.
Albert J, Berglund T, Gisslén M, Gröön P, Sönnerborg A, Tegnell A, Alexandersson A, Berggren I, Blaxhult A, Brytting M, Carlander C, Carlson J, Flamholc L, Follin P, Haggar A, Hansdotter F, Josephson F, Karlström O, Liljeros F, Navér L, Pettersson K, Johansson VS, Svennerholm B, Tunbäck P, Widgren K
Scand J Infect Dis 2014 Oct;46(10):673-7. Epub 2014 Jul 30 doi: 10.3109/00365548.2014.926565. PMID: 25073537Free PMC Article
What do we know about the situation of women living with HIV in Europe?
Miralles C, Mardarescu M, Sherr L
Antivir Ther 2013;18 Suppl 2:11-7. Epub 2013 Jun 19 doi: 10.3851/IMP2646. PMID: 23784755
Hepatitis C.
Liddle C
Anaesth Intensive Care 1996 Apr;24(2):180-3. doi: 10.1177/0310057X9602400209. PMID: 9133192
AIDS and intravenous drug use: a growing menace.
Zapata V, Blanton C
J Drug Educ 1994;24(2):133-8. doi: 10.2190/M3M6-1EH9-YKP6-BPJJ. PMID: 7931923

Prognosis

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 epidemiology update and transmission factors: risks and risk contexts--16th International AIDS Conference epidemiology plenary.
Beyrer C
Clin Infect Dis 2007 Apr 1;44(7):981-7. Epub 2007 Feb 26 doi: 10.1086/512371. PMID: 17342654
Incidence and routes of transmission of hepatitis B virus in England and Wales, 1995-2000: implications for immunisation policy.
Hahné S, Ramsay M, Balogun K, Edmunds WJ, Mortimer P
J Clin Virol 2004 Apr;29(4):211-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2003.09.016. PMID: 15018847
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
AIDS and intravenous drug use: a growing menace.
Zapata V, Blanton C
J Drug Educ 1994;24(2):133-8. doi: 10.2190/M3M6-1EH9-YKP6-BPJJ. PMID: 7931923

Clinical prediction guides

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
Incidence and routes of transmission of hepatitis B virus in England and Wales, 1995-2000: implications for immunisation policy.
Hahné S, Ramsay M, Balogun K, Edmunds WJ, Mortimer P
J Clin Virol 2004 Apr;29(4):211-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2003.09.016. PMID: 15018847
Risk factors for HIV in pregnant women.
Smith NH, Hwang LY
Int J STD AIDS 1996 Oct;7(6):388-95. doi: 10.1258/0956462961918338. PMID: 8940666
Drug injecting and HIV infection among the population of drug abusers in Asia.
Poshyachinda V
Bull Narc 1993;45(1):77-90. PMID: 8305908

Recent systematic reviews

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
A systematic review of Hepatitis C virus treatment uptake among people who inject drugs in the European Region.
Lazarus JV, Sperle I, Maticic M, Wiessing L
BMC Infect Dis 2014;14 Suppl 6(Suppl 6):S16. Epub 2014 Sep 19 doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-S6-S16. PMID: 25252742Free PMC Article
HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage.
Mathers BM, Degenhardt L, Ali H, Wiessing L, Hickman M, Mattick RP, Myers B, Ambekar A, Strathdee SA; 2009 Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use
Lancet 2010 Mar 20;375(9719):1014-28. Epub 2010 Feb 26 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60232-2. PMID: 20189638
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

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Practice guidelines

    • PubMed
      See practice and clinical guidelines in PubMed. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.
    • Bookshelf
      See practice and clinical guidelines in NCBI Bookshelf. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

    Related information

    • PMC Articles
      Related information in PubMed Central Links
    • PubMed
      Related literature resources in PubMed

    Recent activity

    Clear Turn Off Turn On

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...