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Incarceration history is associated with HIV infection among community-recruite...
Uusküla, A; Rannap, J; Weijler, L; Abagiu, A; Arendt, V; Barrio, G; Barros, H; Brummer-Korvenkontio, H; Casabona, J; Croes, E; Des Jarlais, DAimsWe measured the association between a history of incarceration and HIV positivity among people who inject drugs (PWID) across Europe. Design, Setting and ParticipantsThis was a cross-sectional, multi-site, multi-year propensity-score matched analysis conducted in Europe. Participants comprised community-recruited PWID who reported a recent injection (within the last 12 months). MeasurementsData on incarcera...
Trends in HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality in Eastern Mediterranean countries, ...
El Bcheraoui, C; Wang, H; Charara, R; Khalil, I; Moradi-Lakeh, M; Afshin, A; Collison, M; Daoud, F; Chew, A; Krohn, K; Carter, A; Foreman, K; He, FObjectives: We used the results of the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study to estimate trends of HIV/AIDS burden in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries between 1990 and 2015. Methods: Tailored estimation methods were used to produce final estimates of mortality. Years of life lost (YLLs) were calculated by multiplying the mortality rate by population by age-specific life expectancy. Years lived with di...