{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Krings A"],"funding":["German Federal Ministry of Health","Robert Koch-Institut"],"pagination":["62"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10938743"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["21(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>To reach the global elimination goals of viral hepatitis B and C (HBC, HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections as a public health threat by 2030, monitoring is needed. Staff members of drug services and opioid substitution treatment (OST) practices in Berlin and Bavaria recruited clients for a pilot study addressing the respective infections among people who injected drugs (PWID) in Germany, 2021/2022. Participants filled a questionnaire and were tested for HBV, HCV, HIV and syphilis using dried blood spots (DBS). We evaluated the study design to implement a feasible and accepted nationwide periodical monitoring among PWID and serve as an example for the implementation of similar monitoring systems in other countries.<h4>Methods"],"journal":["Harm reduction journal"],"pubmed_title":["Acceptance and feasibility of a low-threshold and substitution services-based periodical monitoring system for blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among people who inject drugs in Germany: a mixed-methods analysis."],"pmcid":["PMC10938743"],"funding_grant_id":["2520AUK701"],"pubmed_authors":["Krings A","Zimmermann R","DRUCK 2.0-study group","Steffen G"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Acceptance and feasibility of a low-threshold and substitution services-based periodical monitoring system for blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among people who inject drugs in Germany: a mixed-methods analysis.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>To reach the global elimination goals of viral hepatitis B and C (HBC, HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections as a public health threat by 2030, monitoring is needed. Staff members of drug services and opioid substitution treatment (OST) practices in Berlin and Bavaria recruited clients for a pilot study addressing the respective infections among people who injected drugs (PWID) in Germany, 2021/2022. Participants filled a questionnaire and were tested for HBV, HCV, HIV and syphilis using dried blood spots (DBS). We evaluated the study design to implement a feasible and accepted nationwide periodical monitoring among PWID and serve as an example for the implementation of similar monitoring systems in other countries.<h4>Methods","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2026-07-14T20:33:57.01Z","creation":"2026-06-25T03:07:55.259Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10938743","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38486197"],"doi":["10.1186/s12954-024-00977-0"]}}