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01-05-2014 | Oral presentation
Variation in CD4 cell count among IDUs versus sexually-infected HIV-positive naïve patients in Romania
Authors:
Iulia Niculescu, Eliza Manea, Simona Paraschiv, Ionelia Bâțan, Adrian Abagiu, Adriana Hristea, Raluca Jipa, Cătălin Tilişcan, Raluca Mihăilescu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Victoria Aramă, Dan Oțelea
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Special Issue 4/2014
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Excerpt
Since 2011 Romania is experiencing a dramatic increase of newly diagnosed HIV infections among injecting drug users (IDUs), mainly linked to the introduction of new psychoactive substances (NPS) on the Romanian market, their use being related to higher levels of risk behavior compared to opioid abuse. There is no sufficient data showing the natural course of HIV in subjects infected through IDU – the majority are ART-naïve due to recently acquired infection (many are asymptomatic and have a CD4 cell count over 350 cells/cmm) and poor adherence. Our objective was to determine if IDUs have a faster decline in CD4 cells than sexually-infected patients. …
