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Article: HIV diagnoses among injection-drug users in states with HIV surveillance--25 States, 1994-2000.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- July 11, 2003
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Injection-drug use is a risk factor for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (I). Of the 765,559 cumulative AIDS cases diagnosed as of December 2000, a total of 193,527 (25%) occurred among injection-drug users (IDUs) (2). IDUs become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIM) through sharing injection-drug equipment with HIM-infected persons or by engaging in other risk behaviors such as having unprotected sex (3). Since 1995, AIDS incidence among IDUs has declined (2,4). This report presents data on initial HIV diagnoses among IDUs aged [greater than or equal to]13 years, with and without AIDS at the time of HIM diagnosis, by year, during 1994-2000. The ...