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Drug Addiction and AIDS

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  • © 1991
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Editors:
  1. Norbert Loimer

    1. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Vienna, Austria

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  2. Rainer Schmid

    1. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Vienna, Austria

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  3. Alfred Springer

    1. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Vienna, Austria

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Table of contents (48 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Epidemiology

    1. Observations on the Stabilization of HIV Seroprevalence Among Injecting Drug Users

      • D. C. Des Jarlais
      Pages 1-7
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    2. HIV-Antibody Testing and Risk-Prone Behaviour Amongst IVDU’s in Oslo, Norway

      • G. Welle-Strand
      Pages 8-15
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    3. HIV-Prevalence and Mortality in Relation to Type of Drug Abuse Among Drug Addicts in Stockholm 1981–1988

      • A. Annell, A. Fugelstad, G. Ågren
      Pages 16-22
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    4. HIV-Related Drug Addict Deaths Outside Medical Institutions in Stockholm

      • A. Fugelstad, J. Rajs
      Pages 23-34
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    5. HIV Infection in 403 Female Prostitutes in Italy

      • U. Tirelli, M. Spina, G. Rezza, E. Vaccher, F. Caprilli, M. Giuliani et al.
      Pages 35-39
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    6. How to Explain the Low Figures of AIDS Cases Among Intravenous Drug Addicts in Belgium?

      • J.-P. Roussaux, J.-P. Jacques
      Pages 40-49
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    7. Drug Addiction and AIDS in Republic of Croatia and Yugoslavia

      • S. Sakoman, A. Hećimović
      Pages 50-69
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    8. Drug Abuse in Spain: Epidemiology, Policy and Health Structure

      • F. J. Alvarez, M. Carmen Del Rio
      Pages 70-79
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    9. Drug Abuse and HIV-Infection in Poland

      • M. Staniaszek
      Pages 80-88
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    10. HIV-1-Prevalence Among Drug Deaths in Germany

      • K. Püschel, F. Mohsenian
      Pages 89-96
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    11. Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and AIDS in Drug Deaths

      • K. Trübner, S. Polywka, K. Püschel, R. Laufs
      Pages 97-101
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    12. Monitoring of HIV-Spread in Regional Populations of Injecting Drug Users — the Berlin Experience

      • F. Bschor, R. Bornemann, CH. Borowski, V. Schneider
      Pages 102-109
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    13. 5 Years Follow-up on Viennese Heroin Addicts

      • A. Uhl, A. Springer, F. Maritsch, V. Pfersmann
      Pages 110-116
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    14. Antibody Prevalence of Parenterally Transmitted Viruses (HIV-1, HTLV-I, HBV, HCV) in Austrian Intravenous Drug Users

      • J. Pont, C. Neuwald, G. Salzner
      Pages 117-125
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    15. Statistical Investigation on the Relation of Intravenous Drug Addiction and HIV-Infection. A Survey of the Years 1985 to 1989 by the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Vienna

      • D. Risser, W. Vycudilik, G. Bauer, Ch. Reiter
      Pages 126-131
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    16. HIV-1 Infection Among Intravenous Drug Users in Vienna 1986–1991

      • N. Loimer, O. Presslich, E. Werner, G. Pakesch, E. Hollerer, V. Pfersmann et al.
      Pages 132-142
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About this book

AIDS and drug addiction is a topic of great and growing concern. AIDS first appeared among intravenous drug users in Europe in 1984, three years after the first cases were seen among homosexuals. This epidemic has spread more rapidly among intravenous drug users than in any other risk group. The high rates of HIV-1 seroprevalence among drug users in France, Italy, and Spain account for 85% of the total number of AIDS in intravenous drug users in Europe. It is anticipated that HIV-infected drug users will soon place a heavy burden on both drug treatment facilities and specialized health care units. The HIV-1 epidemic will also cross the former iron curtain. This contribution covers the wide and complex scene of drug problems and addiction as a whole. It gives researchers an opportunity to obtain background information on the spread of HIV and AIDS among intravenous drug users as well as on the clinical and psychological effects of HIV-1 infection and AIDS in Europe. The topics reviewed include surveys of intravenous drug use, HIV prevalence, detoxification, risk reduction, changing health behaviors, evaluating AIDS interventions and the impact of methadone maintenance treatment. This monograph will be of value to all clinicians, researchers, and policy makers who are concerned with the connection between intravenous drug use and AIDS.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Vienna, Austria

    Norbert Loimer, Rainer Schmid, Alfred Springer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drug Addiction and AIDS

  • Editors: Norbert Loimer, Rainer Schmid, Alfred Springer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9173-6

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-82298-2Published: 20 November 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-9173-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 431

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Immunology

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