Document 0442
 DOCN  M9480442
 TI    [AIDS and intravenous drug abuse]
 DT    9410
 AU    Schuster CR; Pickens RW; National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville,
       M.D. 20857.
 SO    Acta Psychiatr Belg. 1990 Jan-Feb;90(1):20-36. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94310956
 AB    The importance of intravenous drug-abuse as a vehicle of HIV and AIDS is
       evidenced on the basis of recent epidemiological data gathered in the
       USA. The rate of seropositivity among intravenous drug-addicts (whose
       total number i is close to one million) is estimated at more than 20
       percent. Besides direct contamination, risks of contamination of sexual
       partners and their offspring can be evaluated from these figures. The
       programme developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse against
       AIDS, aimed at that particular target population, is presented in its
       various aspects, including basic research, treatment and prevention.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY/  TRANSMISSION
       Adolescence  Adult  English Abstract  Female  Health Education  Human
       HIV Seropositivity/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  National Institutes of Health
       (U.S.)  Patient Education  Research  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS  United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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