High Prevalence of Indications for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among People Who Inject Drugs in Boston, Massachusetts.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Massachusetts, recent outbreaks of HIV have been fueled by injection and sexual exposures among people who inject drugs. Understanding pre-exposure prophylaxis need, knowledge, and use among people who inject drugs will help inform and evaluate interventions.

Methods

In 2019, investigators analyzed 2018 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance data from people who inject drugs in Boston, MA, who met eligibility criteria. Proportions of people who inject drugs with U.S. Preventive Services Task Force-based pre-exposure prophylaxis indication were estimated by types of HIV acquisition risk in the past year: injection exposure only, sexual exposure only, and overlapping injection and sexual exposures. Investigators then evaluated pre-exposure prophylaxis awareness,

SUBMITTER: Earlywine JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7902399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature