HIV and syphilis seroprevalence and related unsafe sexual behaviours among people who inject drugs in Georgia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To provide the first national estimate of syphilis prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Georgia, alongside updated HIV prevalence and associated risk behaviours, and to identify factors associated with infection.

Design

Cross-sectional Integrated Bio-Behavioural Surveillance Survey conducted in 2022. Respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit PWID. Data were collected through standardised face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaires, and venous blood samples were collected for laboratory testing. HIV was diagnosed by serology, and syphilis was assessed using a two-step algorithm (Rapid Plasma Reagin screening with Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay confirmation). Logistic regression models were applied to identify correlates of

SUBMITTER: Kajaia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12645616 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature