THE EVOLUTION IN THE PREVALENCE OF HIV-1 INFECTION IN DRUG-ADDICTS INTHE COMMUNITY OF MADRID (SPAIN)

BACKGROUND: TO evaluate the evolution of the HIV infection in the drug addicts of Madrid, PATENTS AND METHODS: Data of 2,234 patients that e ntered for the first ime in a Psychiatric Hospital Detoxication Unit o f Madrid from October 1985 to december 1996 were recorded. RESULTS: Th ere was a reduction of the percentage of addicts infected by the HIV ( of the 66 to 25%), also in the IVDUs men (of the 70 to 37,6%), but not in women. There was an increase in the number of addicts that had nev er injected drugs (of the 7 to the 45%), CONCLUSIONS: Despite the redu ction of HIV infection rate in drugs addicts in Madrid, it remains sti ll very high.