Prevention of HIV Infection in Street-Recruited Injection Drug Users
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromesPublished 1 September 2000
Edgar R. Monterroso, Merle E. Hamburger, David Vlahov, Don C. Des Jarlais, Lawrence J. Ouellet, Frederick L. Altice
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In this large multicity study of IDUs in the United States, several HIV prevention strategies appeared to be individually and partially effective; these results indicate the continued need for, and substantial gaps in, effective approaches to preventing HIV infection in drug users.
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In this large multicity study of IDUs in the United States, several HIV prevention strategies appeared to be individually and partially effective; these results indicate the continued need for, and substantial gaps in, effective approaches to preventing HIV infection in drug users.
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