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Canada
       
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Screening injecting drug users for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses
using street outreach and self collected sampling.
Bradshaw CS, Pierce LI, Tabrizi SN, et al
Sex Transm Infect. 2005 Feb;81(1):53-58.
 Abstract
China
 
          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Population-based survey of prevalence and risk factors of Syphilis
among injection drug users, in Sichuan Province, China
Q G M Qin, R Y H Ruan, H Y X He,  et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
India
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Sexually transmitted infections and sexual practices in injection drug users and their regular
sex partners in chennai, India.
Panda S, Kumar MS, Saravanamurthy PS, et al 
Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Apr;34(4):250-3.
 Abstract
Mexico
       
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Respondent-Driven Sampling of Injection Drug Users in Two U.S.-Mexico Border Cities:
Recruitment Dynamics and Impact on Estimates of HIV and Syphilis Prevalence.
Frost SD, Brouwer KC, Firestone Cruz MA 
J Urban Health. 2006 Oct 27;
 Abstract
Russia
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Risk Behaviors and the Risk of Heterosexual Spread of
HIV among and beyond IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Abdala N, Krasnoselskikh TV, Durante AJ, et al
 Eur Addict Res. 2008;14(1):19-25.
 Abstract
 
Effects of Sex Work on Syphilis Rates Among Injection Drug Users in 3 Russian Cities.
Platt L, Rhodes T, Judd A, Koshkina E, et al
Am J Public Health. 2006 Oct 3;
Abstract

Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis among injecting drug users in Russia:
a multi-city study.
Rhodes T, Platt L, Maximova S,  et al
 Addiction. 2006 Feb;101(2):252-66.
 Abstract
 
          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Sexually transmitted infections (STI) and sex with injection drug using (IDU) partners are key risk
factors in the emerging heterosexual HIV epidemic in Russia
 L. Calzavara, A. Burchell, V. Orekhovsky,  et al
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
United States
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prevalence and Correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas
vaginalis infections, and Bacterial Vaginosis Among a Cohort of Young Injection Drug Users in
Baltimore, Maryland.
Plitt SS, Garfein RS, Gaydos CA, et al  
Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Jul;32(7):446-453.
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