Injecting drug users in Bangladesh: prevalence of syphilis, hepatitis, HIV and HIV subtypes

AIDS. 2002 Jan 4;16(1):121-3. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200201040-00015.

Abstract

Injecting drug users (IDU) were enrolled from two detoxification clinics and two needle/syringe exchange programmes (NEP) in central and northwest Bangladesh. Syphilis, hepatitis C and HIV rates were highest in IDU from the NEP of central Bangladesh (23, 66.5 and 1.4%, respectively), whereas current hepatitis B infection rates were highest in IDU from the NEP of northwest Bangladesh (12%). Five HIV strains were subtype C and one E/B. The 32 base pair (bp) deletion of the CCR5 gene was not detected.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bangladesh / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • HIV-1 / classification*
  • HIV-1 / genetics
  • Hepatitis B / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis C / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis C / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Needle-Exchange Programs
  • Prevalence
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
  • Syphilis / diagnosis
  • Syphilis / epidemiology*