HIV seroprevalence among participants at a Supervised Injection Facility in Vancouver, Canada: implications for prevention, care and treatment

• Main Authors: Lai Calvin (Author), Zhang Ruth (Author), Wood Evan (Author), Tyndall Mark W (Author), Montaner Julio SG (Author), Kerr Thomas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>North America's first government sanctioned medically supervised injection facility (SIF) was opened during September 2003 in Vancouver, Canada. This was in response to a large open public drug scene, high rates of HIV and hepatitis C transmission, fatal dru...