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The course of the HIV epidemic among intravenous drug users in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Van Haastrecht, H.J.A.
  • Van den Hoek, J.A.R.
  • Bardoux, C.
  • Leentvaar-Kuypers, A.
  • Coutinho, R.A.

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To determine if behavioral changes in intravenous drug users in Amsterdam have retarded the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) epidemic in this group in recent years, we report that: HIV-antibody seroprevalence in annual samples of injectors has been constant over the years 1986-89; HIV-antibody incidence in a cohort of injectors appears to have decreased from 1986 to 1987 and stabilized after that until 1989; acute hepatitis B incidence in all drug users in Amsterdam declined rapidly between 1985-89. It is concluded that changes in drug use behavior so far appear to have resulted in a stabilization of the epidemic among injectors, at a level with a still disturbingly high incidence rate of 5-6 per 100 person-years.

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  • Van Haastrecht, H.J.A. & Van den Hoek, J.A.R. & Bardoux, C. & Leentvaar-Kuypers, A. & Coutinho, R.A., 1991. "The course of the HIV epidemic among intravenous drug users in Amsterdam, The Netherlands," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 81(1), pages 59-62.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1991:81:1:59-62_0
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    1. Don C. Des Jarlais & Samuel R. Friedman, 1992. "AIDS and Legal Access to Sterile Drug Injection Equipment," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 521(1), pages 42-65, May.

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