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Demographic patterns and disparities in new HIV diagnoses attributed to injection drug use in the United States

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: People who inject drugs (PWID) exhibit disproportionate HIV burdens in the United States. We characterized longitudinal patterns and demographic disparities in new HIV diagnoses attributed to injection drug use (IDU) in 2008-2020. Although new IDU-attributed HIV diagnoses fell by 53.9%, new HIV diagnoses remained disproportionately elevated in female (100.9/100 000), Black (258.8/100 000), and Hispanic (131.0/100 000) PWID. Despite considerable declines in new HIV diagnoses, disparities by race/ethnicity and sex persist among US PWID.

Source: AIDS

DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003688

Authors: Joseph G. Rosen, Javier Cepeda, Ju Nyeong Park

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green