Document 2447
 DOCN  M94A2447
 TI    Drug injection career and HIV infection.
 DT    9412
 AU    Rodriguez R; Muga R; Egea JM; Navio M; Aldeguer X; Tor J; Infectious
       Diseases Unit, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol,; Barcelona, Spain.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):302 (abstract no. PC0136). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370128
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between the length of intravenous
       drug use (IDU) and HIV infection. METHODS: Current IDUs (N = 650)
       starting a detoxification treatment were analyzed from February 1987 to
       October 1993. The length of intravenous drug use was the time elapsed
       from the first injection to the admission. RESULTS: 535 men (82.3%) and
       115 women (17.7%), with a mean age of 25.8 years. HIV seroprevalence was
       66.3%. The length of addiction was 74.38 months (83.8 in HIV(+) vs. 556
       in HIV(-), p < 0.001). TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. CONCLUSIONS:
       HIV has spread rapidly among drug injectors from Barcelona. HIV
       infection occurs early during a drug injection career and younger drug
       users have higher prevalence than those begin injecting drugs in
       adulthood.
 DE    Adult  Female  Human  HIV Infections/*TRANSMISSION  HIV Seroprevalence
       Male  Spain/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Substance Abuse, Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS
       Time Factors  MEETING ABSTRACT

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