AIDS incidence and mortality in injecting drug users: the AjUDE-Brasil II Project
This paper presents AIDS incidence and mortality among injecting drug users (IDUs) reached by the AjUDE-Brasil II Project. From a cross-sectional survey, 478 IDUs were interviewed in three Brazilian cities: Porto Alegre, São José do Rio Preto, and Itajaí. The cohort was followed up in the Brazilian surveillance database for AIDS and mortality during 2000 and 2001. AIDS incidence was 1.1 cases per 100 person-years, and the mortality rate was 2.8 deaths per 100 person-years. AIDS cases only occurred in IDUs who reported ever having shared injecting equipment. Female gender (RR = 5.30), homelessness (RR = 6.16), and report of previous sexual relations with same-sex partners (RR = 6.21) were associated with AIDS. Deaths occurred only among males. Homelessness (RR = 3.00), lack of income (RR = 2.65), HIV seropositive status (RR = 4.52), and no history of incarceration (RR = 3.71) were also associated with death. These findings support evidence that gender and socioeconomic conditions are both determinants of morbidity and mortality in Brazilian IDUs.
Main Authors: | Cardoso,Mauro Nogueira, Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira, Mingoti,Sueli Aparecida |
---|---|
Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2006
|
Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2006000400021 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Characteristics of male and female injecting drug users of the AjUDE-Brasil II Project
by: Cintra,Ana Maria de Oliveira, et al.
Published: (2006) -
A capture-recapture technique to estimate the size of the injecting drug user population attending syringe exchange programs: AjUDE-Brasil II Project
by: Mingoti,Sueli Aparecida, et al.
Published: (2006) -
Injecting drug users who are (un)aware of their HIV serostatus: findings from the multi-center study AjUDE-Brasil II
by: Ferreira,Aline Dayrell, et al.
Published: (2006) -
HCV and HIV infection and co-infection: injecting drug use and sexual behavior, AjUDE-Brasil I Project
by: Zocratto,Keli Bahia Felicíssimo, et al.
Published: (2006) -
The contribution of two Brazilian multi-center studies to the assessment of HIV and HCV infection and prevention strategies among injecting drug users: the AjUDE-Brasil I and II Projects
by: Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira, et al.
Published: (2006)