Differential Characteristics of AIDS Patients with a History of Imprisonment

Caylà, Joan A.; Marco, A; Bedoya, Angel; Guerrero, Rafael; García, J M; Martín, Vicente; Jansà, Josep M.; Olalla, Patricia García de; Selwyn, Peter A.

doi:10.1093/ije/24.6.1188

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“…3 Intravenous drug users are the group at greatest risk for contracting AIDS 4 and tuberculosis is the first AIDS defining disease. 5 Similar patterns have been seen in several other cities and industrialised countries. 6 7 Studies measuring the prevalence of drug abuse done in other communities have proposed various methods, [8][9][10] which can be classified as direct or indirect.…”

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A small area analysis estimating the prevalence of addiction to opioids in Barcelona, 1993

Brugal¹,

Domingo‐Salvany²,

Maguire³

et al. 1999

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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Study objective-To determine the distribution of opioid use prevalence in small areas and its relation with socioeconomic indicators. Design-Capture-recapture was applied using data from the Barcelona Drug Information System for 1993 (treatment demands, hospital emergency room visits, deaths from heroin acute adverse reaction and pre-trial prison admissions). To avoid dependence between sources, a log-linear regression model with interactions was fitted. For small neighbourhoods, where capture-recapture estimates were not obtainable, the Heroin Problem Index (HPI) was used to predict prevalence rates from a regression model. The correlation between estimated opioid use prevalence by neighbourhoods and their socioeconomic level was computed. Main results-The city's estimated prevalence was 12.9 opioid addicts per 1000 inhabitants aged 15 to 44 years (95% CI:10.1, 17.2), which represents 9176 persons. The highest rate was found in the inner city neighbourhood. Comparing rates obtained for each neighbourhood with their unemployment rates, a high correlation coeYcient was obtained (r = 0.80, p < 0.001). Conclusion-The main contribution of this study is that of combining capturerecapture with the HPI to produce small area prevalence estimates, which would not have been possible using only one method. Areas with higher socioeconomic status showed proportionally low addiction prevalences, but in depressed areas, prevalences varied widely.

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A small area analysis estimating the prevalence of addiction to opioids in Barcelona, 1993

Brugal¹,

Domingo‐Salvany²,

Maguire³

et al. 1999

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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“…The proportion of TB-related AIDS diagnoses among PWID ranged from 5 to 48% (Table 5; Amill et al, 2004;Castilla et al, 1995Castilla et al, , 1997Cayla et al, 1995;Chariyalertsak et al, 2001;Godoy et al, 1998;Jones et al, 1996;Laguardia and Merchan-Hamann, 2003;Schwoebel et al, 1995;Triol et al, 1996;Vall Mayans et al, 1997), highest in Spain and Portugal, the most TB-affected countries in Western Europe, and lowest in the UK, Puerto Rico and mainland US, where population TB rates are considerably lower (World Health Organization, 2010). Common predictors of TB as an AIDSdefining illness were male gender and acquisition of HIV through IDU (versus other transmission routes).…”

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Tuberculosis, injecting drug use and integrated HIV-TB care: A review of the literature

Grenfell¹,

Leite²,

Garfein³

et al. 2013

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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“…Information regarding risk factors for coinfections (HIV, HBV, HCV) is scarce, although the epidemiology of these three infections is well-known. The high prevalence of these infections (HIV, HBV, HCV) in Spanish prisons [17][18][19][20] offers a good opportunity to study the risk factors for coinfections as opposed to monoinfections. This was the major objective of this report.…”

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Risk factors for monoinfections and coinfections with HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in northern Spanish prisoners

Pallás¹,

Fariñas‐Álvarez

Prieto

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Epidemiol. Infect.

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A cross-sectional study was conducted in prisons of Cantabria (northern Spain) from June 1992 to December 1994. Inmates were asked to participate in a survey on prevalence and risk factors for monoinfections and coinfections with HIV, HBV and HCV. Crude and multiple odds ratios of risk factors were calculated (by polychotomous logistic regression). Prevalence of coinfections was higher than that of monoinfections. IDU risk factors were the main independent variables associated with monoinfections and coinfections with these agents. The strength of association increased with the degree of coinfection for IDU risk factors and penal status, e.g. duration of injecting drug use for more than 5 years yielded an adjusted OR ranging from 1.3 (95% CI: 0.4-5.1) for HBV monoinfection to 180 (95% CI: 61.0-540.0) for HIV-HBV-HCV coinfection. In comparison, sexual behaviours were less important than IDU risk factors.

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Differential Characteristics of AIDS Patients with a History of Imprisonment

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A small area analysis estimating the prevalence of addiction to opioids in Barcelona, 1993

A small area analysis estimating the prevalence of addiction to opioids in Barcelona, 1993

Tuberculosis, injecting drug use and integrated HIV-TB care: A review of the literature

Risk factors for monoinfections and coinfections with HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in northern Spanish prisoners

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