Sexual behaviour and infection rates for HIV, blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among patients attending drug treatment centres in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

dc.creatorBastos, Francisco Inácio Pinkusfeld Monteiro
dc.creatorLowndes, Catherine M.
dc.creatorDerrico, Monica
dc.creatorCatello-Branco, L. R.
dc.creatorCarvalho, M. I. Linhares de
dc.creatorOelemann, Walter Martin Roland
dc.creatorBernier, F.
dc.creatorMorgado, Mariza Gonçalves
dc.creatorYoshida, Clara Fumiko Tachibana
dc.date2010-08-23T16:58:49Z
dc.date2010-11-04T14:19:59Z
dc.date2010-08-23T16:58:49Z
dc.date2010-11-04T14:19:59Z
dc.date2000
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:44:03Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:44:03Z
dc.identifierBASTOS, F.I. et al. Sexual behaviour and infection rates for HIV, blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among patients attending drug treatment centres in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. International Journal of STD & AIDS, v. 11, p. 383-392, 2000.
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/788
dc.identifier10.1258/0956462001916100
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8862890
dc.descriptionA survey was carried out in 2 drug use treatment centres (TCs) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to assess risk behaviours, HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections/blood-borne infections (STIs/BBIs). Two hundred and twenty-five drug users (195 males and 30 females) were interviewed and clinically examined, and their blood and urine were tested for STIs/BBIs. Prevalences (%) for these infections were as follows - HIV: 0.9, hepatitis B virus (HBV): 14.7, hepatitis C virus (HCV): 5.8, syphilis: 5.3, gonorrhoea/chlamydia (CT/NG): 4.7. In bivariate analyses CT/NG infection was associated with younger age ( P =0.003); current genitourinary symptoms (odds ratio [OR]=6.2) and a mainly illegal source of income (OR= 9.1). Hepatitis C infection was associated with a history of ever having injected any drug (OR=19.6), and with each one of the injected drugs. After multiple logistic regression, lower educational level (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=3.70) and 'ever having injected drugs' (AOR=3.69) remained as independent risk factors for hepatitis B infection. In conclusion, TCs must implement programmes directed towards the prevention of STIs/BBIs.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherRoyal Society of Medicine Press
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectdrug users
dc.subjecthiv infection
dc.subjectsexually transmitted infections
dc.subjectviral hepatitis
dc.subjectdrug treatment centers
dc.titleSexual behaviour and infection rates for HIV, blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among patients attending drug treatment centres in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
dc.typeArticle


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