A preliminary study on the behavior of 225 drug abusers and the risk factors of HIV infection in Ruili county Yunnan Province

Zheng, X.W.

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 12(1): 12-14

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0254-6450
PMID: 1878954
Document Number: 257301
We carried out the investigation on 225 drug abusers in L village, Ruili county in March 1990, and tested blood specimens of intravenous users (IVDUs) for HIV infection. Of 225 drug abusers, 153 (68.0%) were by inhaling and 72 (32.0%) were by intravenous. In the recent two years, the proportion of IVDUs in drug abusers sharply increased from 13.5% in 1988 to 30.5% in 1989, and 32.0% in spring 1990. Blood specimen were collected from 64 out of 72 IVDUs, among them 51 (79.7%) were HIV-positive. The findings of relation between HIV infection and drug abuse suggested that the sharing common syringes with others and failure of their sterilization were independent risk factors.

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