1998
Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing Access to Sterile Syringes and Needles as an HIV Prevention Intervention in the United States
Holtgrave D, Pinkerton S, Jones T, Lurie P, Vlahov D. Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing Access to Sterile Syringes and Needles as an HIV Prevention Intervention in the United States. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1998, 18: s133-s138. PMID: 9663636, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199802001-00022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersHIV infectionHIV prevention interventionsSterile syringesPrevention interventionsIDUs' accessActive injection drug usersIllicit drug injectionPublic health decision makersSyringe exchange programsHealth decision makersHIV transmissionDrug injectionHIV preventionHypothetical cohortDrug usersMedical carePocket expenditureInfectionPharmacy salesProgram coverageLifetime costsHigh levelsSyringesUnited States
1995
Temporal Trends of Incident Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in a Cohort of Injecting Drug Users in Baltimore, Md
Nelson K, Vlahov D, Solomon L, Cohn S, Muñoz A. Temporal Trends of Incident Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in a Cohort of Injecting Drug Users in Baltimore, Md. JAMA Internal Medicine 1995, 155: 1305-1311. PMID: 7778962, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430120091011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusDrug usersVirus infectionImmunodeficiency virusEffective human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccineHuman immunodeficiency virus risk factorsIncident human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodyHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccinesIllicit drug injectionInjecting Drug UsersHigh-risk populationImmunodeficiency virus vaccinesIncidence of infectionPrevention of infectionSterile injection equipmentEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assaySeronegative participantsStudy clinicAnnual incidenceImmunodeficiency syndromeOverall incidence