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SUBMITTER: Lucas GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4346289 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lucas Gregory M GM Solomon Sunil S SS Srikrishnan Aylur K AK Agrawal Alok A Iqbal Syed S Laeyendecker Oliver O McFall Allison M AM Kumar Muniratnam S MS Ogburn Elizabeth L EL Celentano David D DD Solomon Suniti S Mehta Shruti H SH
AIDS (London, England) 20150301 5
<h4>Background</h4>Injecting drug use has historically been the principal driver of the HIV epidemic in the northeast states of India. However, recent data indicate growing numbers of people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in north and central Indian cities.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted face-to-face surveys among PWIDs in seven northeast and eight north/central Indian cities using respondent-driven sampling. We used a rapid HIV-testing protocol to identify seropositive individuals and multiassay algorit ...[more]