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Armenia
 
          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Estimating the size of populations of sex workers, men who have sex with men and injecting drug users in Armenia
A. Papoyan, T. Balayan, T. Grigoryan, et al
 (XIX International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Austria
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Seeking drugs or seeking help? Escalating "doctor shopping" by young heroin users
before fatal overdose.
Martyres RF, Clode D, Burns JM.
Med J Aust. 2004 Mar 1;180(5):211-4
 Abstract
Belgium
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Improved benchmark-multiplier method to estimate the prevalence of ever-injecting drug use in Belgium, 2000--10.
Bollaerts K, Aerts M, Sasse A.
Arch Public Health. 2013 May 3;71(1):10.
Paper
Denmark
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Incidence and Risk Factors for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in HIV-infected and non-HIV infected Individuals Before and After the Introduction of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: Persisting High Risk among HIV-infected Injecting Drug Users.
Harboe ZB, Larsen MV, Ladelund S, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 17.
 Abstract

The initial experience in supervised injecting facilities in Denmark
Axelsson A, Hvam F, Bonde M,  et ak
Ugeskr Laeger. 2012 Sep 24;174(39):2286
 Abstract
Estonia
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV prevalence and gender differences among new injection-drug-users in Tallinn, Estonia: A persisting problem in a stable high prevalence epidemic.
Uusküla A, Raag M, Marsh K, et al
PLoS One. 2017 Feb 2;12(2):e0170956
 Paper

The Role of Internalized Stigma in the Disclosure of Injecting Drug Use Among People Who Inject Drugs and Self-Report as HIV-Positive in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia.
Johannson A, Vorobjov S, Heimer R,
 AIDS Behav. 2016 Dec 19
 Abstract

Prevalence of IGRA-positivity and risk factors for tuberculosis among injecting drug users in Estonia and Latvia.
Rüütel K, Karnite A, Talu A,  et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Oct 16.
 Abstract

Socio-demographic factors, health risks and harms associated with early initiation of injection among people who inject drugs in Tallinn, Estonia: Evidence from cross-sectional surveys.
Vorobjov S, Des Jarlais DC, Abel-Ollo K, et al; I
nt J Drug Policy. 2012 Oct 1
 Abstract
France
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Risk Factors Associated with Unsafe Injection Practices at the First Injection Episode among Intravenous Drug Users in France: Results from PrimInject, an Internet Survey.
Guichard A, Guignard R, Lert F, Roy E.
J Addict. 2015;2015:507214.
Paper

Predictors of non-prescribed opioid use after one year of methadone treatment: An attributable-risk approach (ANRS-Methaville trial).
Lions C, Carrieri MP, Michel L,  et al
 Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Feb 1;135:1-8.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
The filter of choice: filtration method preference among injecting drug users.
Keijzer L, Imbert E.
Harm Reduct J. 2011 Aug 22;8(1):20.
Paper

Multidisciplinary monitoring and psychosocial support reduce complications of opiate
dependence in pregnant women: 114 pregnancies.
Brulet C, Chanal C, Ravel P, et al
Presse Med. 2007 Sep 20;
 Abstract
 
French nationwide survey of abstinence-oriented treatments in opiate-addicted patients.
Results at 12 months
Vignau J, Boissonnas A, Tignol J, et al
Ann Med Interne (Paris). 2003 Nov;154
Abstract

Reduction in the number of lethal heroin overdoses in France since 1994. Focus on
substitution treatments
Lepere B, Gourarier L, Sanchez M, et al.  
Ann Med Interne (Paris) 2001 Apr;152 Suppl3:IS5-12
 Abstract

Germany
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Practice, problems and perspectives of opioid substitution treatment (OST) in Germany
Michels II, Sander G, Stöver H.
 Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2009 Jan;52(1):111-21
 Abstract
 
The risk of emergency room treatment due to overdose in injection drug users.
Backmund M, Schuetz C, Meyer K,  et al 
J Addict Dis. 2009;28(1):68-73.
 Abstract
 
Explaining the Effectiveness of Heroin-assisted Treatment on Crime Reductions,
Löbmann R, Verthein U.
Law Hum Behav. 2008 Jul 2.
Abstract
 
Long-term effects of heroin-assisted treatment in Germany.
Verthein U, Bonorden-Kleij K, Degkwitz P, et al
Addiction. 2008 Jun;103(6):960-6;
Abstract
 
Feasibility and outcome of substitution treatment of heroin-dependent patients in specialized
substitution centers and primary care facilities in Germany: A naturalistic study in 2694
patients.
Wittchen HU, Apelt SM, Soyka M, et a;
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Jun 1;95(3):245-57
 Paper

FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Substitution treatment for opioid addicts in Germany.
Michels II, Stoever H, Gerlach R.
Harm Reduct J. 2007 Feb 2;4(1):5
Paper
Greece
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Rapid Decline in HIV Incidence Among Persons Who Inject Drugs During a Fast-Track Combination Prevention Program After an HIV Outbreak in Athens.
Sypsa V, Psichogiou M, Paraskevis D, et al  
J Infect Dis. 2017 Apr 12.
 Abstract

Managing opioid dependence treatment and controlling for HIV incidence among injecting drug users in Greece: a case study of optimism in the face of adversity.
Malliori M, Golna C, Souliotis K, Hatzakis A.
Addiction. 2013 Jun;108(6):1174-5.
Abstract

Gender difference in the treatment outcome of patients served in the mixed-gender program.
Ignjatova L, Raleva M.
 Bratisl Lek Listy. 2009;110(5):285-9
 Abstract
Hungary
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Transition to injecting 3, 4-methylene-dioxy-pyrovalerone (MDPV) among needle exchange program participants in Hungary.
Csák R, Demetrovics Z, Rácz J.
J Psychopharmacol. 2013 Mar 4
 Abstract
Ireland
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The natural history of injecting drug use: a 25-year longitudinal study of a cohort of injecting drug users
in inner city Dublin.
O'Kelly FD, O'Kelly CM. Ir J Med Sci. 2012 Mar 20
 Abstract
Italy
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Screening of several drugs of abuse in Italian workplace drug testing: performance comparisons of on-site screening tests
and a fluorescence polarization immunoassay-based device.
Basilicata P, Pieri M, Settembre V, et al
Anal Chem. 2011 Nov 15;83(22):8566-74
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Patients in long-term maintenance therapy for drug use in Italy: analysis of some parameters
of social integration and serological status for infectious diseases in a cohort of 1091 patients.
Quaglio G, Lugoboni F, Pattaro C, et al
 BMC Public Health. 2006 Aug 23;6(1):216
Paper
Latvia
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prevalence of IGRA-positivity and risk factors for tuberculosis among injecting drug users in Estonia and Latvia.
Rüütel K, Karnite A, Talu A,  et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Oct 16.
 Abstract
Lithuania
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Social Network Structure and HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in Lithuania: Gatekeepers as Bridges of Infection.
Gyarmathy VA, Caplinskiene I, Caplinskas S, Latkin CA.
AIDS Behav. 2014 Jan 28.
 Abstract
Luxembourg
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prevalence of Problem Drug Use and Injecting Drug Use in Luxembourg: A Longitudinal and Methodological Perspective.
Origer A. E
ur Addict Res. 2012 Jul 31;18(6):288-296.
 Abstract
Montenegro
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Improving survey methods in sero-epidemiological studies of injecting drug users: a case example of
two cross sectional surveys in Serbia and Montenegro.
Judd A, Rhodes T, Johnston LG, Platt L, et al 
BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 9;9(1):14
 Paper
The Netherlands
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
 Treatment as prevention among injecting drug users; extrapolating from the Amsterdam cohort study.
de Vos AS, Prins M, Coutinho RA, et al
AIDS. 2014 Jan 7.
 Abstract
Norway
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Gender differences in mortality and risk factors in a 13-year cohort study of street-recruited injecting drug users.
Gjersing L, Bretteville-Jensen AL.
 BMC Public Health. 2014 May 10;14(1):440.
Paper

Is opioid substitution treatment beneficial if injecting behaviour continues?: An examination of the benefits of opioid substitution treatment on health risks and criminal activity in a population of needle exchange programme participants.
Gjersing L, Bretteville-Jensen AL.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Jun 14.
Abstract
 
Portugal
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Effectiveness of needle and syringe Programmes in people who inject drugs - An overview of systematic reviews.
Fernandes RM, Cary M, Duarte G, et al
BMC Public Health. 2017 Apr 11;17(1):309
 Paper

Individual and social factors associated with participation in treatment programs for drug users.
Gyarmathy VA, Latkin CA.  
Subst Use Misuse. 2008;43(12):1865-81.
 Abstract
 
          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Voices on stigma: people who inject drugs and the experience of living with infectious diseases in Portugal
A. Martins, C. Carvalho, H. Barros, et al
 (XIX International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Romania
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HCV non-1b genotypes in injecting drug users from Romania.
Ruta S, Sultana C, Oprea C, et al
 J Infect Dev Ctries. 2016 May 31;10(5):523-7.
 Paper

Co-infections and co-morbidities among injecting drug users versus sexually infected patients in Bucharest.
Manea E, Jipa R, Niculescu I,  et al 
J Int AIDS Soc. 2014 Nov 2;17(4(Suppl 3)):19665
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Serbia
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Improving survey methods in sero-epidemiological studies of injecting drug users: a case example of
two cross sectional surveys in Serbia and Montenegro.
Judd A, Rhodes T, Johnston LG, Platt L, et al 
BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 9;9(1):14
 Paper
Spain
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cross sectional study of factors associated to self-reported blood-borne infections among drug users.
Reyes-Urueña J, Brugal MT, Majo X, et al 
BMC Public Health. 2015 Nov 13;15(1):1122.
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Overdose prevention in injecting opioid users: The role of substance abuse treatment and training programs.
Sarasa-Renedo A, Espelt A, Folch C,  et al
Gac Sanit. 2014 Mar-Apr;28(2):146-54.
 Paper
Serbia
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Improving survey methods in sero-epidemiological studies of injecting drug users: a case example of
two cross sectional surveys in Serbia and Montenegro.
Judd A, Rhodes T, Johnston LG, Platt L, et al 
BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 9;9(1):14
 Paper
Sweden
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Correlates of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Injection Drug Users in a Syringe-Exchange Program in Malmö, Sweden.
Dahlman D, Håkansson A, Björkman P,  et al
Subst Use Misuse. 2015 Nov 19:1-7
 Abstract

Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modelling of Opioids in Healthy Human Volunteers. A MiniReview.
Ing Lorenzini K, Daali Y, Dayer P, Desmeules J.
 Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2011 Oct 13.
Abstract

Were the changes to Sweden's maintenance treatment policy 2000-06 related to changes in
opiate-related mortality and morbidity?
Romelsjö A, Engdahl B, Stenbacka M, et al
Addiction. 2010 Jul 12
 Abstract

 
Switzerland
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modelling of Opioids in Healthy Human Volunteers. A MiniReview.
Ing Lorenzini K, Daali Y, Dayer P, Desmeules J.
 Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2011 Oct 13.
Abstract
 
Turkey
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Correlates of injection drug use among individuals admitted to public and private drug treatment facilities in Turkey.
Mutlu E, Alaei A, Tracy M, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 May 3.
Abstract
United Kingdom
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Analysis of Anthrax Immune Globulin Intravenous with Antimicrobial Treatment in Injection Drug Users, Scotland, 2009-2010.
Cui X, Nolen LD, Sun J,  et al 
Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jan;23(1):56-65.
Paper.

Engagement in a National Naloxone Programme among people who inject drugs.
McAuley A, Munro A, Bird SM, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Mar 3. pii: S0376-8716(16)00106-X
 Abstract

Managing leg ulceration in intravenous drug users.
Geraghty J.
Emerg Nurse. 2015 Sep;23(5):
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of skin problems and leg ulceration in a sample of young injecting drug users.
Coull AF, Atherton I, Taylor A, Watterson AE.
Harm Reduct J. 2014 Aug 13;11(1):22
 Paper.

Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment.
Notley C, Holland R, Maskrey V, Nagar J, Kouimtsidis C.
 Drug Alcohol Rev. 2014 Jan;33(1):64-70.
 Abstract

Incomplete contingency tables with censored cells with application to estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Scotland.
Overstall AM, King R, Bird SM, et al
Stat Med. 2013 Dec 1
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Injecting drug users in Scotland, 2006: Listing, number, demography, and opiate-related death-rates.
King R, Bird SM, Overstall A, Hay G, Hutchinson SJ.
Addict Res Theory. 2013 Jun;21(3):235-246.
 Paper

Needles and the damage done: Reasons for admission and financial costs associated with injecting drug use in a Central London Teaching Hospital.
Marks M, Pollock E, Armstrong M,  et al
J Infect. 2013 Jan;66(1):95-102. d
 Abstract

Needles and the damage done: Reasons for admission and financial costs associated with injecting drug use
in a Central London Teaching Hospital.
Marks M, Pollock E, Armstrong M, et al
J Infect. 2012 Oct 12.
Abstract

A pilot randomised controlled trial of brief versus twice weekly versus standard supervised consumption in patients on opiate maintenance treatment.
Holland R, Matheson C, Anthony G,  et al
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2011 Dec 12.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Risk of death during and after opiate substitution treatment in primary care: prospective
observational study in UK General Practice Research Database.
 Cornish R, Macleod J, Strang J, et al
BMJ. 2010 Oct 26;341:c5475.
Paper

The management of heroin misuse in pregnancy: time for a rethink?
Mactier H.
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2010 Jun 28.
 Abstract

Survival and cessation in injecting drug users: prospective observational study of outcomes and
effect of opiate substitution treatment.
Kimber J, Copeland L, Hickman M,  et al. 
BMJ. 2010 Jul 1;341:c3172.
 Abstract
 

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