The contribution of two Brazilian multi-center studies to the assessment of HIV and HCV infection and prevention strategies among injecting drug users: the AjUDE-Brasil I and II Projects

• Main Authors: Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa (Author), Francisco I. Bastos (Author), Lívia Leite de Freitas (Author), Sueli Aparecida Mingoti (Author), Fernando Augusto Proietti (Author), Anna Bárbara Carneiro-Proietti (Author), Denise Gandolfi (Author), Denise Doneda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: article
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This study assessed 1,144 Brazilian injecting drug users (IDUs) recruited on the street through outreach syringe exchange programs by two multi-center cross-sectional studies: 287 IDUs were recruited during the AjUDE-Brasil I Project and 857 during the AjUDE-Brasil II Project. IDU characteristics re...