Methadone maintenance treatment and mortality in HIV-positive people who inject opioids in China

• Main Authors: Yan Zhao (Author), Cynthia X Shi (Author), Jennifer M McGoogan (Author), Keming Rou (Author), Fujie Zhang (Author), Zunyou Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) on mortality in people injecting opioids who receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in China. METHODS: The study involved a nationwide cohort of 23 813 HIV-positi...