Drug choice, spatial distribution, HIV risk, and HIV prevalence among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia

• Main Authors: Shaboltas Alla V (Author), Barbour Russell (Author), Heimer Robert (Author), Kruse Gina (Author), Toussova Olga V (Author), Hoffman Irving F (Author), Kozlov Andrei P (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The HIV epidemic in Russia has been driven by the unsafe injection of drugs, predominantly heroin and the ephedrine derived psychostimulants. Understanding differences in HIV risk behaviors among injectors associated with different s...