Infectious Diseases and Injection Drug Use: Public Health Burden and Response

J Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 2;222(Suppl 5):S213-S217. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa432.

Authors

Alexandra Levitt¹, Jonathan Mermin¹, Christopher M Jones¹, Isaac See¹, Jay C Butler¹

Affiliation

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PMID: 32877539
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa432

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV; Infectious diseases; hepatitis C; injection drug use; invasive infections; sexually transmitted diseases.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Communicable Disease Control / methods
Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration*
Communicable Diseases / epidemiology*
Communicable Diseases / transmission
Cost of Illness*
Health Policy
Humans
Needle Sharing / adverse effects
Public Health
Public Health Administration / methods*
Social Support
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology