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SUBMITTER: Hanke K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7314588 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hanke Kirsten K Fiedler Stefan S Grumann Christina C Ratmann Oliver O Hauser Andrea A Klink Patrycja P Meixenberger Karolin K Altmann Britta B Zimmermann Ruth R Marcus Ulrich U Bremer Viviane V Auwärter Volker V Bannert Norbert N
Open forum infectious diseases 20200527 6
<h4>Background</h4>Needle and syringe sharing among people who inject drugs (PWID) can result in a rapid regional spread of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) variant. Such outbreaks have been identified recently in several countries and have raised public health attention because of an association with new psychoactive substances (NPS).<h4>Methods</h4>Dried serum spots from approximately 60% of newly diagnosed HIV cases in Germany in 2013-2018 were received together with statutory notificatio ...[more]