Sex work is an extremely dangerous profession. The use of harm-reduction principles can
help to safeguard sex workers' lives in the same way that drug users have benefited from drug-…

Objective: To describe prevalence and incidence of HIV-1, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and risk
behaviours in a prospective cohort of injecting drug users (IDU). Setting: Vancouver, which …

BackgroundAfter the introduction of a program to control Chlamydia trachomatis infection in
British Columbia, Canada, case rates fell from 216 cases/100,000 population in 1991 to 104 …

Background: Beginning in 1994, Vancouver experienced an explosive outbreak of HIV
infection among injection drug users (IDUs). The objectives of this study were to measure the …

Background . Some screening and treatment programs implemented to control Chlamydia
trachomatis genital infections and their complications have shown initial reductions in …

Case detection, antimicrobial treatment, and contact tracing are at the heart of control
strategies for many important communicable bacterial diseases. Together with behavioral …

Background. Many countries have witnessed a disturbing increase in cases of Chlamydia
trachomatis infection despite enhanced control programs. Since the goal of Chlamydia control …

Objective: An association between needle exchange attendance and higher HIV prevalence
rates among injecting drug users (IDU) in Vancouver has been interpreted by some to …

Background and hypothesis Recently, the world has experienced a rapidly escalating
outbreak of infectious syphilis primarily affecting men who have sex with men (MSM); many are …

To identify determinants of HIV seroconversion among injection drug users (IDUs) during a
period of rising prevalence, a case-control investigation was conducted. Cases were IDUs …