An outbreak of HIV infection among people who inject drugs linked to injection of propofol in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to report an HIV outbreak related to propofol-injection and the impact of regulating propofol on the HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of 252 PWID who were diagnosed with an HIV infection between 2014 and 2017 in Taiwan. The propofol information was collected by routine epidemic surveillance and interviews. We linked several national databases to collect other related factors, including methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) attendance and incarceration. The serums were tested for recent infection by the LAg-avidity EIA assay and relationship of the trains by the Phylogenetic tree analysis. Analyses were conducted using the R Surveillance package for retrospective modeling for outbreak detection. A

SUBMITTER: Huang YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368273 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature