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Increases in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to a Growing Opioid Epidemic and Associated Injection Drug Use, United States, 2004 to 2014.
Zibbell, Jon E; Asher, Alice K; Patel, Rajiv C; Kupronis, Ben; Iqbal, Kashif; Ward, John W; Holtzman, Deborah.
Afiliação
  • Zibbell JE; Jon E. Zibbell is with the Behavioral and Urban Health Program, RTI International, Atlanta, GA. Alice K. Asher is with the Epidemiology, Surveillance and Prevention among Substance users Unit, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepa
  • Asher AK; Jon E. Zibbell is with the Behavioral and Urban Health Program, RTI International, Atlanta, GA. Alice K. Asher is with the Epidemiology, Surveillance and Prevention among Substance users Unit, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepa
  • Patel RC; Jon E. Zibbell is with the Behavioral and Urban Health Program, RTI International, Atlanta, GA. Alice K. Asher is with the Epidemiology, Surveillance and Prevention among Substance users Unit, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepa
  • Kupronis B; Jon E. Zibbell is with the Behavioral and Urban Health Program, RTI International, Atlanta, GA. Alice K. Asher is with the Epidemiology, Surveillance and Prevention among Substance users Unit, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepa
  • Iqbal K; Jon E. Zibbell is with the Behavioral and Urban Health Program, RTI International, Atlanta, GA. Alice K. Asher is with the Epidemiology, Surveillance and Prevention among Substance users Unit, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepa
  • Ward JW; Jon E. Zibbell is with the Behavioral and Urban Health Program, RTI International, Atlanta, GA. Alice K. Asher is with the Epidemiology, Surveillance and Prevention among Substance users Unit, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepa
  • Holtzman D; Jon E. Zibbell is with the Behavioral and Urban Health Program, RTI International, Atlanta, GA. Alice K. Asher is with the Epidemiology, Surveillance and Prevention among Substance users Unit, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepa
Am J Public Health ; 108(2): 175-181, 2018 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29267061
OBJECTIVES: To compare US trends in rates of injection drug use (IDU), specifically opioid injection, with national trends in the incidence of acute HCV infection to assess whether these events correlated over time. METHODS: We calculated the annual incidence rate and demographic and risk characteristics of reported cases of acute HCV infection using surveillance data from 2004 to 2014 and the annual percentage of admissions to substance use disorder treatment facilities reporting IDU for the same time period by type of drug injected and demographic characteristics. We then tested for trends. RESULTS: The annual incidence rate of acute HCV infection increased more than 2-fold (from 0.3 to 0.7 cases/100 000) from 2004 to 2014, with significant increases among select demographic subgroups. Admissions for substance use disorder attributed to injection of heroin and prescription opioid analgesics increased significantly, with an almost 4-fold increase in prescription opioid analgesic injection. Significant increases in opioid injection mirrored those for reported cases of acute HCV infection among demographic subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: These findings strongly suggest that the national increase in acute HCV infection is related to the country's opioid epidemic and associated increases in IDU.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa / Vigilância da População / Hepatite C / Analgésicos Opioides Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa / Vigilância da População / Hepatite C / Analgésicos Opioides Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article