Titre :
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Burden of HIV Infection Among Aboriginal Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, British Columbia. (2008)
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Auteurs :
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Evan WOOD ;
BARNEY (Lucy) : CAN. British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Vancouver. ;
Thomas KERR ;
Kathy LI ;
Julio-Sg MONTANER ;
STRATHDEE (Steffanie-A) : USA. Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine. University of California. San Diego. ;
Mark-W TYNDALL ;
Ruth ZHANG ;
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv Aids. St Paul's Hospital. Vancouver. CAN
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 98, n° 3, 2008)
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Pagination :
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515-519
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Toxicomanie
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Sida
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Voie intraveineuse
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Toxicomane
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Homme
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Virose
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Infection
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Canada
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Amérique
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Immunopathologie
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS kqGR0xEI. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We sought to examine whether there were differential rates of HIV incidence among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal injection drug users in a Canadian setting. Methods. Data were derived from 2 prospective cohort studies of injection drug users in Vancouver, British Columbia. Using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards regression, we compared HIV incidence among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal participants. Results. Overall, 2496 individuals were recruited between May 1996 and December 2005. Compared with that of non-Aboriginal persons, the baseline HIV prevalence was higher among Aboriginal persons (16.0% vs 25.1% ; P<. among participants who were hiv negative at baseline the cumulative incidence months was higher aboriginal persons vs p in multivariate analyses ethnicity independently associated with elevated hazard="1.59" confidence interval="1.12,2.26" conclusions. vancouver had a significantly burden of infection which calls for culturally sensitive and evidence-based response. policymakers other settings at-risk populations should seek to avert similar public health emergencies by being proactive hiv-prevention programs.>
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