INJECTING DRUG-USE AS RISK FACTOR FOR VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN AIDS PATIENTS

Authors
AMELA C LOPEZGAY D ALBERDI JC CASTILLA J
Citation
C. Amela et al., INJECTING DRUG-USE AS RISK FACTOR FOR VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN AIDS PATIENTS, European journal of epidemiology, 12(1), 1996, pp. 91-92
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
European journal of epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03932990
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
91 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0393-2990(1996)12:1<91:IDARFF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In Madrid Region 6652 AIDS cases were diagnosed between 1982 and 1993. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was present in 166 (2.49%). VL frequency among injecting drug users proved higher than that for the other trans mission categories (relative risk 2.57; 95% confidence interval 1.64-4 .01). This could point to an alternative Leishmania transmission route via needle sharing.