Table IDisease-0. Infectious diseases - Bibliographic references. Part (i) Prevalence
| Country | Ref. no. |
Bibliographic reference |
| All countries | 1a | Rotily M, Weilandt C, Bird SM, Käll K, van Haastrecht HJA, Iandolo E, Rousseau S. Surveillance of HIV infection and related risk behaviour in European prisons – a multicentre pilot study. Eur J Public Health. 2001 Sep;11(3):243-50. |
| All countries | 1b | Weilandt C, Rotily M. European Network on HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention in Prisons - 2nd Annual Report. Marseille/Bonn, ORS/Wiad, 1998. |
| All countries | 2 | EMCDDA. The state of the drugs problem in the acceding and candidate countries to the European Union. EMCDDA 2003. |
| All countries | 3 | Data provided by EuroHIV (2004). |
| Belgium | 1 | Eurotox, Brussels (unpublished data). |
| Belgium | 2a | Raes V. De Sleutel, Dienst Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek. Jaarverslag 1999. Merelbeke, July 2000. |
| Belgium | 2b | De Sleutel. Jaarverslag 1999. Merelbeke, July 2000; Jaarverslag 2000; Jaarverslag 2001. Medische registratie, gegevensverwerking 2000; Medische registratie, gegevensverwerking 2001. |
| Belgium | 3 | Vandenbussche, E., (2001), Vlaamse Registratie Middelengebruik (VRM): registratiegegevens 1999, VAD, Brussel. |
| Belgium | 4 | Sasse A., Van Kersschaever G, Stroobant A. Le SIDA en Belgique – Situation au 31 décembre 1999. Rapport semestriel no 51. |
| Belgium | 5 | Driesen G, De Maere W, Kinable H, Todts S. Risicogedrag bij injecterende druggebruikers in Vlaanderen. Rapport van het GIG-project, Antwerpen, 1997. |
| Belgium | 6 | Data from prison Lantin (French Community), 1999. Service de santé de l'Administration des établissements pénitentiaires, Brussels (unpublished data). |
| Belgium | 7 | Data from 1 prison in the Flemish Community. Service de santé de l'administration des établissements pénitentaires, Brussels (unpublished data). |
| Belgium | 8 | Matheï C. Free Clinic, Van Arteveldestraat 64, Antwerp, Belgium, Antwerp (unpublished data). |
| Belgium | 9 | Hariga F. Modus Vivendi / EU network for HIV and HCV prevention in prison (DGV). |
| Belgium | 10a | Denis B, Hayani A, Jamoulle M et al. Toxicomanie et virus de l'hépatite C, B et HIV. Bulletin de la Société Clinique de l'Hopital Civil de Charleroi, 1993 (44) :209-213. |
| Belgium | 10b | Denis B., Dedobbeleer M, Collet T et all. High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Belgian intravenous drug users and potential role of the Cotton-filter in transmission. Acta Gastro-Enterologica Bélgica, Vol LXIII, April-June 2000. |
| Belgium | 12a | see All countries 1a |
| Belgium | 12b | see All countries 1b |
| Belgium | 13 | Todts S. Risicogedrag bij injecterende druggebruikers in Vlaanderen. GiG project, VAD and Free Clinic, 1997 |
| Czech Republic | 1a | National Institute of Public Health, National Reference laboratory on AIDS, Prague, (unpublished data). |
| Czech Republic | 1b | National Reference Laboratory for AIDS, Bulletin of Centre of Epidemilogy and Microbiology vol. 11 (2002) no. 1-12 (Národní refencní laborator pro AIDS, Zprávy Centra Epidemiologie a Mikrobiologie volume 11 (2002), no. 1-12) |
| Czech Republic | 3 | General Directory of Prison Service, Prague, unpublished data. |
| Czech Republic | 4 | Czech National Focal Point, Prague, unpublished data. |
| Czech Republic | 5 | Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, unpublished data. |
| Denmark | 1a | P.B. Christensen, H.B. Krarup, H.G.M. Niesters, H. Norder and J. Georgsen: Prevalence and incidence of bloodborne viral infections among Danish prisoners. Eur J Epidemiol 2000; 16: 1043-1049. |
| Denmark | 1b | P.B. Christensen, H.B. Krarup, H.G.M. Niesters, H. Norder O.B. Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, B. Jeune and J. Georgsen: Outbreak of Hepatitis B among Injecting Drug Users in Denmark. J Clin Virol 2001; 22: 133-141. |
| Denmark | 1c | P. B. Christensen, R. E. Engle, S.E.H. Jacobsen, H.B. Krarup, G. Georgsen and R.H. Purcell: High Prevalence Of Hepatitis A Antibodies among Danish Prisoners and Drug Users. J Med. Virol 2002; 66: 49 - 55. |
| Denmark | 2 | Fuglsang T, Fouchard JR, Ege PP. Prevalence of hiv, hepatitis C and B among drug users in the city of Copenhagen. Ugeskrift for Læger 2000; 162: 3860 – 4. |
| Denmark | 3 | Smith E. Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, 2002. (unpublished data). |
| Germany | 1 | IFT Institut for Therapy Research. EBIS-Report National Monitoring System for outpatient advisory and treatment facilities in Germany. Reference period 1.1. - 31.12.1999 IFT: Munich, Germany, no date. |
| Germany | 2 | Jugendberatung und Jugendhilfe (e.V.), Frankfurt,1998 (unpublished data). |
| Germany | 3 | Simon R, (DBDD) and Welsch K. (IFT) (2002) EBIS - Report of the National Monitoring System for outpatient advisory and treatment faciltities. Sucht, Sonderhaft. |
| Germany | 4 | Backmund, M., Meyer, K. & von Zielonka, M. (2001). Prävalenzdaten zu Hepatitis B und C bei Drogenabhängigen in München. Suchtmedizin, 3 (1), 21-24. |
| Germany | 5 | Holbach, M., Frösner, G., Donnerbauer, E., Dittmeier, E. & Holbach, B (1998). Prävalenz von Hepatitismarkern der Typen A, B, C und assoziiertes Risikoverhalten unter Patienten nach intravenösem Drogenkonsum. Sucht, 44 (6), 390-398. |
| Germany | 6 | Brack J. Hepatitis B and C in drug dependent patients: an epidemiological study. Suchttherapie Suppl. 2002; 3: S3-S10.11. |
| Germany | 7 | Stark K, Herrmann U, Ehrhardt S, Bienzle U. Provision of syringes for injecting drug users in prison. Results of a three year programme in Berlin. (submitted). |
| Germany | 8a | see All countries 1a |
| Germany | 8b | see All countries 1b |
| Germany | 9 | Keppler K., Stover H. Ubertragungen von Infectionskrankheiten im Justizvolluzug – Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung und Vorstellung eines Modell projektes zur Infektions-Prophylaxe in Niedersachsen. (Transmission of infectious diseases during imprisonment – results of a study and introduction of a model project for infection prevention in Lower Saxony). Gesundheitswesen 1999. |
| Germany | 10 | Stark K. Schreier E., Muller R., Wirth D., Driesel G., Bienzle U. Prevalence and determinants of anti-HCV seropositivity and of HIV genotype among intravenous drug users in Berlin. Scand J Infect Dis 1995;(4):331-337. |
| Germany | 11 | Stark K., Bienzle U., Vonk R., Guggenmoos-Holzmann I. History of syringe sharing in prison and risk of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infectious among injecting drug users in Berlin. Int J Epidemiol 1997; 26: 1359-1366. |
| Germany | 12 | Weber B., Rabenau H., Berger A, et al. Seroprevalence of HCV, HAV, HBV, HDV, HCMC and HIV in Hight risk groups / Frankfurt a. M., Germany. Zbl Bakt 1995; 282: 102-112. |
| Germany | 13 | Trubner K, Polywka S, Puschel K, Laufs R. Hepatitis C in deceased drug addicts. Int J Legal Med. 1991;104(5):251-4. |
| Germany | 14 | Neifer S, Molz B, Sucker U, Kreuzpaintner E, Weinberger K, Jilg W. [High percentage of isolated anti-HBc-positive persons among prisoners] Gesundheitswesen. 1997 Jun;59(6):409-12. German. |
| Germany | 15 | Gaube J, Feucht HH, Laufs R, Polywka S, Fingscheidt E, Muller HE. [Hepatitis A, B and C as desmoteric infections] Gesundheitswesen. 1993 May;55(5):246-9. German. |
| Germany | 16 | Stark K, Muller R, Bienzle U, Guggenmoos-Holzmann I. Frontloading: a risk factor for HIV and hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users in Berlin. AIDS. 1996 Mar;10(3):311-7. |
| Germany | 17 | BKA (Federal Office of Criminology), 2000 (unpublished data). |
| Germany | 18 | Heinemann A, Püschel K. Drogenkonsum und Infektionen im Strafvollzug. In: Drogen in der Metropole, Hg: Krausz, Raschke, Lambertus 1999; Freiburg. |
| Germany | 19 | Heinemann, A. Entzugsbehandlung Klinikum Nord Hamburg (unpublished manuscript). |
| Estonia | 1 | Kutsar K, Health Protection Inspectorate, Tallinn. |
| Estonia | 2 | See All countries 2 |
| Estonia | 3 | Priimägi. L. & Tefanova. V., Tallo. T. (2003) "Emerging viral hepatitis B and C infections in Estonia" In.: NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Emerging Biological Threat", October 5-8, 2003, Budapest, Hungary. Abstract book, p.11-12. Oral report October 6, 2003. |
| Greece | 1 | Greek National Focal Point (EKTEPN), University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI) (unpublished data). |
| Greece | 2 | Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals (KETHEA) (unpublished data). |
| Greece | 3 | Hellenic Centre for Infectious Diseases Control (HCIDC - KEEL), Ministry of Health and Welfare. |
| Greece | 5 | Organisation Against Drugs (OKANA). Methadone Substitution Programme – Salonica Units (unpublished data). |
| Greece | 6 | National School of Public Health – Reference Center of AIDS, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Athens (unpublished data). |
| Greece | 7 | Organisation Against Drugs (OKANA) Methadone Substitution Programme – Athens Units. (unpublished data). |
| Greece | 8 | Centre of STDs and AIDS, A. Syngros Hospital. (unpublished data). |
| Greece | 9 | Psychiatric Hospital of Attica - Unit 18 ANO (unpublished data). |
| Greece | 10 | Mr. Papadourakis - Ministry of Justice (unpublished data). |
| Greece | 12 | Malliori, M., Sypsa, V. Psichogiou, M., Touloumi, G., Skoutelis, A., Tassopoulos, N., Hatzakis, A. & Stefanis, C. A survey of Bloodborne Viruses and Associate Risk Behaviours in Greek Prisons. Addiction (1998), 93(2), 243-245. |
| Greece | 13 | Anastassopoulou CG, Paraskevis D, Sypsa V, Psichogiou M, Katsoulidou A, Tassopoulos N, Skoutelis A, Malliori M, Hatzakis A. Prevalence patterns and genotypes of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus among imprisoned intravenous drug users. J Med Virol. 1998; 56: 246-52. |
| Greece | 14 | Pavlitou, K., Polidorou, F., Pastore, F., Kabilaki, E., Chrisohoidou, S., Malaka, E. Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C markers in prisoners. Acta Microbiologica Hellenica 1998; 43: 271-275. |
| Greece | 15 | Papatheodoridis GV, Delladetsima J, Verghisi-Nikolakaki S, Malliori M, Krystallis A, Hatzakis A, Tassopoulos NC. Clinicopathological assessment of hepatitis C virus infection in parenteral drug abusers. Am J Gastroenterol. 1995; 90: 1843-6. |
| Greece | 16 | Greek National Focal Point (EKTEPN), Admissions to the Psychiatric Unit of the Koridalos Prison (Athens) (unpublished data). |
| Spain | 1 | Delegación del Gobierno para Plan Nacional Sobre Drogas (DGPNSD) Observatorio Español sobre Drogas (unpublished data). |
| Spain | 2 | Delegación del Gobierno para Plan Nacional Sobre Drogas (DGPNSD) Observatorio Español sobre Drogas. Informe no 1. Ministerio de Justicia e Interior, Madrid, 1998. |
| Spain | 3 | Delegación del Gobierno para Plan Nacional Sobre Drogas (DGPNSD) Encuesta sobre Consumidores de Heroina en Tratamiento (ECHT). 1996 Report. DGPNSD, Madrid, 1997. |
| Spain | 4a | see All countries 1a |
| Spain | 4b | see All countries 1b |
| Spain | 5 | Alfonso GR, Hurtado NI, Espacio CA, Santos RG, Tomas DS. Practicas de riesgo y seroprevalencia al VIH, VHB u VHC en los pacients Del Centro de Informacion y Prevencion del SIDA de Valencia. (Risk behaviours and seroprevalence to HIV, HBV and HCV in patients of the AIDS information and prevention center in Valencia, Spain). Gac Sanit 1999;13 (1): 16-21. |
| Spain | 6 | Anon C, del Olmo JA, Llovet F et al. Virus C de la hepatitis entre la poblacion penitenciaria de Valencia. (The hepatitis C virus among the prison population of Valencia). Rev Esp Enferm Dig 1995;87 (7):505-508. |
| Spain | 7 | Delgado-Iribarren A, Wilhelmi I, Padilla B. Canedo T. Gómez J. Elviro J. Infeccion por VIH y por los vírus de la hepatitis B,C y D en adictos a drogas por via parenteral. Seroprevalencia de un ano y su seguimiento. (Infection by HIV and the hepatitis B, C and D viruses in intravenous drug addicts. Seroprevalence at 1 year and its follow-up). Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 1993; 11 (1):8-13. |
| Spain | 8 | Delgado-Iribarren A, Calvo M Perez A, Del Álamo M, Cercenado S. Intravenous drug user serologic control: what may be prevented? Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2000: 18(1): 2-5. |
| Spain | 9 | Pallas JR, Farinas-Alvarez C, Prieto D, Delgado-Rodriguez M. Coinfections by HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in imprisoned injecting drug users. Eur J Epidemiol 1999; 15(8):699-704. |
| Spain | 10 | Hernandez_Aguado I, Bolumar F et al. False-positive tests for syphilis associated with human immunodeficiency vírus and hepatitis B vírus infection among intravenous drug abusers. Valencian Study Group on HIV Epidemiology. Eur J Clin Microbial Infect Dis 1998; 17(11):784-787. |
| Spain | 11 | Bolumar F, I Hernandez Aguado, L Ferrer, I Ruiz, MJ Avino and M Rebagliato. Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C in a population of intravenous drug users in Valencia, Spain, 1990-1992. International Journal of Epidemiology 1996, Vol 25, 204-209. |
| Spain | 12 | Santana OE, Malé ML, Hernandez JF,Limiñana JMMartín AM. Prevalence of serologic markers of HBV, HDV, HCV and HIV non-injectors drug users compared to injection drug users in Gran Canária, Spain. European Journal of Epidemiology 1998; 14:555-561. |
| Spain | 13 | De la Fuente L. Estudio sobre el cambio de vía de administración de la heroína en tres ciudades españolas (Madrid, Barcelona y Sevilla) (unpublished data). |
| Spain | 14 | Alfonso R, Hurtado I, Espacio A, Santos C, Tomás S. Prácticas de riesgo y seroprevalencia al HIV, VHB e VHC en los pacientes Del Centro de Información y Prevención del SIDA de Valencia. Gaceta Sanitária 1999; 13(1):16-21. |
| Spain | 15 | Jiménez X, Caraballo A, Batalla C, Comín E, Cuenca AM, Ezpeleta A, López E, Parellada N. Prevalência de la infecctió por los vírus de la hepatitis B, C e inmudeficiencia humana en usuarios de drogas. Atencíón Primaria 1999; 24:368-371. |
| Spain | 16 | Delgado-Iribarren A, Calvo M, Pèrez A, Del Àlmo M, Cercenado S. Intravenous drug users serologic control: what may be prevented [in Spanish]. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clínica 2000; 18(1):2-5. |
| Spain | 17 | Anon. (1998) Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus infection at the time of entry to prison in the prison population in the north-east of Spain [in Spanish]. Rev Esp Salud Publica 72: 43-51. |
| Spain | 18 | Rev Sandid Hig Publica (Madr) 1992; 66: 233-237. |
| Spain | 19 | Ibanez A, Gimenez-Barcons M, Tajahuerce A, Tural C, Sirera G, Clotet B, Sanchez-Tapias JM, Rodes J, Martinez MA, Saiz JC. Prevalence and genotypes of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) and hepatitis C virus among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: evidence of GBV-C/HGV sexual transmission. J Med Virol. 1998; 55: 293-9. |
| Spain | 20 | Munoz-Perez MA, Rodriguez-Pichardo A, Camacho F, Colmenero MA. Hepatitis C virus infection in a cohort of 1161 HIV-infected patients. Int J STD. AIDS. 1999 Jan;10(1):69-70. |
| Spain | 21 | J AIDS 2000; 23: 89-94. |
| Spain | 22 | Pallas J, Farinas-Alvarez C, Prieto D, Llorca J, Delgado-Rodriguez M. Risk factors for monoinfections and coinfections with HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in northern Spanish prisoners. Epidemiol Infect. 1999 Aug;123(1):95-102. |
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| Spain | 23b | CEESCAT. Integrated HIV/AIDS Surveillance System of Catalonia. Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona 2002. |
| Spain | 24 | De la Fuente L, Bravo MJ, Lew C, Barrio G, Soriano V, Royuela L. The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection and the risk behaviors in the heroin addicts of Barcelona, Madrid and Seville: an example of the advantages of centering studies on addicts and not just on intravenous users Med Clin (Barc). 1999; 113 : 646-51. |
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| Spain | 26 | Barrasa A, del Romero J, Pueyo I, de Armas C, Varela JA, Ureña JM, Bru JF, Ordoñana JR, Sáez de Vicuña LM, Castilla J and the EPI-VIH Group. Sentinel surveillance of HIV infection in testing clinics, Spain, 1992-2002. Eurosurveillance 2004 (in press). |
| Spain | 27 | Infección por VIH y SIDA en España Plan Multisectorial. 2001-2005 Indicadores. Noviembre 2001. |
| Spain | 28 | Instituto de Salud ‘Carlos III’. Proyecto EPI-VIH. Resultados del período 2000-2001. Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Secretaría del Plan Nacional sobre Sida. http: cne.isciii.es |
| France | 1 | DREES (Direction de la recherhe, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques). (unpublished data). |
| France | 2 | Observatoire Français des Drogues et des Toxicomanies (OFDT), Drogues et Toxicomanies – Indicateurs et Tendances édition 1999 (Paris: OFDT, 1999. |
| France | 3a | Emmanuelli J, Lert F, Valenciano M, Caractéristiques sociales, consommation et risques chez les usagers de drogues fréquentant les programmes d'échange de seringues en France, Bulletin Epidémilogique Hebdomadaire n° 13/2000. |
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| France | 4a | Bello PY., Toufik A, et al. (2002). Phénomènes émergents liés aux drogues en 2001. Rapport TREND. Juin 2002. Paris, OFDT. |
| France | 4b | Bello PY. Observatoire Français des Drogues et des Toxicomanies (OFDT) (12 city study- unpublished data). |
| France | 5a | see All countries 1a |
| France | 5b | see All countries 1b |
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| Italy | 1b | Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali, Dipartimento per le Politiche Sociali e Prevedenziali. Relazione Annuale al Parlamento sullo Stato delle Tossicodipendenze in Italia 2002. |
| Italy | 2 | National STD clinic data. National Insitute of Health (ISS) (unpublished data). |
| Italy | 3 | Vedette study - IDUs entering drug treatment. (unpublished data). |
| Italy | 7a | see All countries 1a |
| Italy | 7b | see All countries 1b |
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| Latvia | 1 | Sarmite S. Narcology Centre, Riga (unpublished data). |
| Latvia | 2 | See All countries 2 |
| Latvia | 4 | AIDS Prevention Centre, Riga. |
| Latvia | 5 | See All countries 3 |
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| Lithuania | 1 | Griškevicius A. Lietuvos AIDS centras, Vilnius, Lithuania (unpublished data). |
| Lithuania | 2 | See All countries 2 |
| Lithuania | 3 | See All countries 3 |
| Luxembourg | 1a | Origer A., Rapport national sur l'état de la situation du phénomène de la drogue - RELIS 2000, PFN, AST, Direction de la Santé, Luxembourg, 2000. |
| Luxembourg | 1b | Réseau Luxembourgeois d'Information sur les Stupéfiants et les Toxicomanies (RELIS-LINDDA), Luxembourg (unpublished data). |
| Luxembourg | 1c | Origer A. (in press), Rapport national sur l'état de la situation du phénomène de la drogue - RELIS 2002, PFN, Centre de Recherche Public - Santé, Luxembourg. |
| Luxembourg | 2 | Laboratorie de Retrovirologie – CRP-Santé, 1999 (unpublished data). |
| Luxembourg | 4 | Schlink J., Etude épidémiologique des infections HIV et à l'hépatite virale C dans les prisons luxembourgeoises, CPL, Luxembourg, 2000. |
| Hungary | 2 | See All countries 2 |
| Hungary | 3 | See All countries 3 |
| Hungary | 4 | Gyarmathy VA, Neaigus A, Feher B, et al. HIV prevalence and syringe sharing among young drug injectors in Budapest, Hungary. 14th International Conference on AIDS. Barcelona, July 2002 [Abstract MoPeC3407]. |
| Netherlands | 1 | Beuker RJ, Berns MPH, Rozendaal CM van, Snijders BM, Ameijden EJC van, Houweling H and Laar MJW van de. Surveillance of HIV-infection among injecting drug users in The Netherlands: results Amsterdam 1998. [in Dutch] Report 441100011. Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, 2000. |
| Netherlands | 2 | Berns MPH, Snijders BM, Rozendaal CM van, Schat Y, Houweling H and Laar MJW van de. HIV-surveillance among injecting drug users in Arnhem 1997. [in Dutch] Report 441100008. Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, 1999. |
| Netherlands | 3 | Berns MPH, Snijders BM, Rozendaal CM van, Hoek AFM van, Laar MJW van de. Surveillance of HIV-infection among injecting drug users in The Netherlands: Eindhoven/Helmond/’s-Hertogenbosch 1999 [in Dutch]. RIVM Report no. 441100.012. Bilthoven, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, May 2000. |
| Netherlands | 4 | Berns MPH, Snijders B.M., Rozendaal C.M. van, Have J. van der, Houweling H., Laar M.J.W. van de. Surveillance of HIV-infection among injecting drug users in the Netherlands: Groningen 1997/1998 [in Dutch]. RIVM Report no. 441100.009. Bilthoven, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, September 1999. |
| Netherlands | 5 | Berns MPH, Rozendaal CM van, Toet J, Snijders BM and Houweling H. HIV-surveillance among injecting drug users in the Netherlands: survey Rotterdam 1997 [in Dutch] Report 441100007, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, 1998. |
| Netherlands | 6 | Beuker RJ, Berns MPH, Rozendaal CM van, Snijders BM, Jansen M, Hoebe CJPA, Laar MJW van de. Surveillance of HIV infection among injecting drug users in the Netherlands: Heerlen/Maastricht 1998/1999 (in Dutch). RIVM Report no. 441100 014. Bilthoven, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, 2001. |
| Netherlands | 7 | Wiessing LG, Scheepens JMFA, van Rozendaal CM, Diepersloot FB, Dorigo-Zetsma JW, Sprenger MJW, Houweling H. Surveillance of HIV-infection among intravenous drug users in the Netherlands: Utrecht 1996 (in Dutch). RIVM Report no. 441100.004. Bilthoven, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, November 1996. |
| Netherlands | 8 | Haks K, Berns MPH, Snijders BM, Watzeels JCM, Regteren AJ van, Laar MJW van de. Surveillance of HIV infection among injecting drug users in the Netherlands: results Almelo/Enschede/-Hengelo 2000. RIVM Report 441100 016. Bilthoven: National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, 2001. |
| Netherlands | 9 | Beuker RJ, Berns MPH, Watzeels JCM, Hendriks VM, Coster EJM de, Tonino-van der Marel E, Laar MJW van de. Surveillance of HIV infection among injecting drug users in the Netherlands: results The Hague 2000. RIVM Report 441100 015. Bilthoven: National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, 2001. |
| Netherlands | 10 | Wiessing LG, Toet J, Houweling H, Koedijk PM, Akker R van den and Sprenger MJW. Prevalence and risk factors of HIV infection among drug users in Rotterdam. Report 213220001. Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, 1995. |
| Netherlands | 11 | Carsauw, HHC, Rozendaal CM van, Scheepens JMFA, Hoebe CJPA, Meulders WAJ, Jansen M, Dorigo-Zetsma JW and Houweling H. Infections with HIV, HBV and HCV among injecting drug users in Heerlen/Maastricht (in the Netherlands). [in Dutch] Report 441100006. Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, 1997. |
| Netherlands | 12 | Wiessing LG, Houweling H, van de Akker R, Katchaki JN, Servaas JHJ, van Rossum JMA. HIV infection and risk behaviour among drug users in Arnhem. [in Dutch] RIVM report nr. 528910003. Bilthoven, The Netherlands: National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), 1993. |
| Netherlands | 13 | Wiessing LG, van Rozendaal CM, Scheepens JMFA, Schat Y, Dorigo-Zetsma JW, Sprenger MJW, Houweling H. Surveillance of HIV-infection among intravenous drug users in the Netherlands; results Arnhem 1995 [in Dutch] RIVM report nr. 441100002 Bilthoven, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), 1996. |
| Netherlands | 14a | Wiessing LG, Houweling H, Meulders WAJ, Cerdá E, Jansen M, van Loon AM, Sprenger MJW. Prevalence of HIV infections among drug users in Southern Netherlands. [In Dutch]. RIVM report nr. 214230001. Bilthoven, The Netherlands: National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), 1995. |
| Netherlands | 14b | Wiessing LG, Houweling H, Meulders WAJ, Cerdá E, Jansen M, van Loon AM, Sprenger MJW. Prevalence of HIV infections among drug users in Southern Netherlands. [Prevalence of HIV infections among drug users in South Limburg] Ned. Tijdschr. Geneeskd 1995;139,1936-40. |
| Netherlands | 15 | Wiessing LG, van Rozendaal CM, Scheepens JMFA, Fennema JSA, Dorigo-Zetsma JW, Houweling H. HIV-surveillance among intravenous drug users and hard-drug users of Surinamese/Antillian origin in Amsterdam 1996 [in Dutch] RIVM report nr. 441100005. Bilthoven, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), 1997. |
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| Netherlands | 17 | National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). (unpublished data from study ref. 10). |
| Netherlands | 18 | National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). (unpublished data from study ref. 12) |
| Netherlands | 21 | National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven. (unpublished data). |
| Netherlands | 22 | van den Hoek JA, van Haastrecht HJ, Goudsmit J, de Wolf F, Coutinho RA. Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection among drug users in Amsterdam. J Infect Dis 1990;162:823-6. |
| Austria | 1 | Eigner R. Federal Ministry for Social Security and Generations, Special Register for Drug related Deaths (unpublished data). |
| Austria | 2 | Inpatient Treatment Center Lukasfeld, Vorarlberg (unpublished data). |
| Austria | 3 | Verein Wiener Sozialprojekte, low threshold facility Ganslwirt, Vienna (unpublished data). |
| Austria | 4 | Inpatient Treatment Center Anton Proksch Institut Mödling, Vienna (unpublished data). |
| Poland | 1 | Szata W. (2003) Aids i zakazenia HIV w roku 2001. Przegdad Epidemiologiczny, nr 1-2/2003. |
| Poland | 2 | Bielak, A. National Institute of Hygiene. Warszawa, Poland (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 1 | Centros de Atendimento a Toxicodependentes (CAT), Serviço de Prevenção e Tratamento da Toxicodependência (SPTT), Xabregas Lisbon, (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 2 | Monteiro Carvalho C. - Centros de Atendimento a Toxicodependentes (CAT), Serviço de Prevenção e Tratamento da Toxicodependência (SPTT), DR Centro Coimbra (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 3 | Centros de Atendimento a Toxicodependentes (CAT), Serviço de Prevenção e Tratamento da Toxicodependência (SPTT), DRN Norte Porto, (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 4 | Valle, H, Rodrigues L, Coutinho R, Leitao E and Paixao MT. HIV, HCV and HBV infection in a group of drug addicts from Lisbon. Seventh European Conference on Clinical Aspects and Treatment of HIV-Infection. Lisbon, 1999. [abstract 866]. |
| Portugal | 5 | Felix da Costa N, Correia J and Felix da Costa N, Correia J and Freire S. Tratamento da Toxicodependencia; estudo sagital de 1995. Toxicodependencia 1997; 3: 65-78. |
| Portugal | 6 | Direcção Regional do Alentejo (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 7 | Direcção Regional de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (CAT de Sintra) (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 8 | Viegas E. - Drug treatment Centre CAT Boavista– SPTT, Porto (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 9 | Marinho RT, Moura MC, Giria JA, Ferrinho P. Epidemiological aspects of hepatitis C in Portugal. J Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2001; 16: 1076-9. |
| Portugal | 10 | Maia A. – SPTT . Lisboa (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 11 | Direcção Regional do Algarve do SPTT. Pina, António P.B. - Toxicodependentes em tratamento no Algarve - Revista Toxicodependências, Edição SPTT, Vol. 6, Nº 1, Ano 2000, pp.37-48. |
| Portugal | 12 | Pina, António P.B. - Toxicodependentes em tratamento no Algarve - Revista Toxicodependências, Edição SPTT, Vol. 6, Nº 1, Ano 2000, pp.37-48. Direcção Regional do Algarve do SPTT. |
| Portugal | 13 | Viana L. - DRNorte – SPTT (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 14 | Santos Silva - DRNorte – SPTT (unpublished data). |
| Portugal | 15a | See All countries 1a |
| Portugal | 15b | See All countries 1b |
| Portugal | 16a | Félix da Costa N, Viana L, Correia J, “Dois Dias de Consultas de Toxicodependências em Portugal – resultados de 1994, Toxicodependências, 1, 3 - 20, 1996. |
| Portugal | 16b | Félix da Costa N, Correia J, Ferraz de Oliveira, F, “Tratamento da Toxicodependência – Estudo Sagital de 1995”, Toxicodependências, 3, 39 – 53, 1996. |
| Portugal | 16c | Félix da Costa N, Correia J, Freire S, “Tratamento da Toxicodependência – Estudo Sagital de 1996”, Toxicodependências, 3, 39 – 53, 1997. |
| Portugal | 16d | Félix da Costa N, “Toxicodependentes em Tratamento – Estudo Sagital de 1997”, 1, 35 – 48, 1999. |
| Portugal | 17a | Godinho J, Costa H, Padre-Santo D, Rato C, “Infecção pelo HIV, Hepatite C e Hepatite B. Dados Epidemiológicos, Características Sócio-Demográficas e Factores de Risco”, Toxicodependências, 3, 55 – 60, 1999. and Godinho J, 1999, op. cit.; CAT Coimbra, 2000, op. cit.; CAT Xabregas, 2000, op. cit.; CAT Taipas, 2000, op. cit.; CAT Cedofeita, 2000, op. cit. Godinho J, Costa H, Costa C, “Comportamentos de Risco de Doenças Infecciosas”, Toxicodependências, 3, 55 – 60, 1996. |
| Portugal | 17b | Godinho J, Costa H, Costa C, “Comportamentos de Risco de Doenças Infecciosas”, Toxicodependências, 3, 55 – 60, 1996. |
| Portugal | 18 | Portuguese National Report to EMCDDA, IPDT 2000. |
| Portugal | 19 | Padre-Santo D, Banza R, Silva A, Costa H, Godinho J, “Estudo Evolutivo do Programa de Substituição Opiácea no CAT de Setúbal”, Toxicodependências, 3, 61 – 68, 1999. |
| Portugal | 20 | Silva E, “Experiência de Apoios a Toxicodependentes de Rua”, “Colectânea de textos das Taipas”, Vol XII, 90 – 97, 2000. |
| Portugal | 21 | Viegas E, Viana L, “Estudo dos Doentes em Tratamento com Metadona no CAT da Boavista; Análise da Regularidade na Frequência à Consulta e Resultados dos Metabolitos Urinários”, Toxicodependências, 1, 49 – 60. |
| Slovenia | 1 | Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana. |
| Slovenia | 2 | Klavs I, Poljak M. Unlinked anonymous monitoring of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence in high- and low-risk groups in Slovenia, 1993-2002. Croat Med J 2003, 44:545-549. |
| Slovakia | 2 | Okruhlica, L. Surveillance of Drug Related Infectious Diseases in IDUs Utilizing Drug Treatment. EMCDDA EU expert meeting on drug related infectious diseases, Lisbon 20-21 October 2003. Meeting Report. EMCDDA 2004. |
| Slovakia | 3 | Data provided by EuroHIV, 2004: [Office of Public Health of Slovak Republic, Bratislava]. |
| Finland | 1a | Holmström P. National Public Health Institute (KTL) Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology (unpublished data). |
| Finland | 1b | Liitsola. K., Ristola. M., Holmström. O., Salminen. M. O., Brummer-Korvenkontio. H., Simola, S., Suni, J. & Leinikki, P. 2000. An outbreak of the circulating recombinant form AECM240 HIV-1 in the Finnish IDU population. Aids. (Letter) 14:2613-2629. |
| Finland | 2 | Needle exchange data, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES), Helsinki (unpublished data). |
| Finland | 3 | Ovaska A, Holopainen A and Annala T. Final Report on the activities in the health information service experiment on 4 April – 31 December 1997. Helsinki, Terveysneuvontapiste Vinkki, Helsinki, 1998. |
| Finland | 4 | National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES). Private practioner and heroin addicts: A case study on the impact of medical outpatient care on criminal activities. STAKES. Helsinki, 1998. |
| Sweden | 1 | Kall, K., Thorstensson, R., Low HIV seroprevalence in spite of high-risk behaviour in nine Swedish prisons. 12th World AIDS Conference, Geneva, 1998. [abstract 23552]. |
| Sweden | 2 | Krook, A, Albert J, Andersson S, Biberfeld G, Blomberg J, Eklund I, Engstrom A, Julander I, Kall K, Martin C, Stendahl P, Struve J and Sonnerborg A. Prevalence and risk factors for HTLV-II infection in 913 injecting drug users in Stockholm, 1994. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology 1997; 15: 381-386. |
| Sweden | 5a | See All countries 1a |
| Sweden | 5b | See All countries 1b |
| Sweden | 6 | Mansson AS, Moestrup T, Nordenfelt E, Widdel A. Continued transmission of hepatitis B and C viruses, but no intravenous drug users participating in a syringe/needle exchange program. Scand J Infect Dis 2000;32 (3): 253-258. |
| Sweden | 7 | See All countries 3 |
| UK | 1 | Unlinked Anonymous Surveys Steering Group. Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis infections in the United Kingdom. London: Department of Health, 2000. |
| UK | 2 | Judd A, Stimson GV, Hickman M, Hunter GM, Jones S, Parry JV, Madden P. Prevalence of HIV infection in a multi-site sample of injecting drug users not in contact with treatment services in England. AIDS. 2000; 14: 2413-5. |
| UK | 3 | Hope VD, Judd A, Hickman M, Lamagni T, Hunter G, Stimson GV, Jones S, Donovan L, Parry JV, Gill ON. Prevalence of hepatitis C virus in current injecting drug users in England and Wales: is harm reduction working? Am J Public Health 2001; 91: 38-42. |
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| UK | 5 | National Laboratory Surveillance of persons having a named HIV-antibody test in Scotland (denominator Study). Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH), Glasgow (unpublished data). |
| UK | 6 | Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH), Glasgow (unpublished data). |
| UK | 7 | Judd A, Hunter GM, Maconochie N, Hickman M, Parry JV, Renton AM, Stimson GV. HIV prevalence and risk behaviour among female injecting drug users in London, 1990 to 1996. AIDS 1999, 13;833-837. |
| UK | 8 | Taylor A, D Goldberg, S Hutchinson et al. Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users in Glasgow 1990-1996: are current harm reduction strategies working? Journal of Infection 2000; 40: 176-183. |
| UK | 9 | Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, 2002. (unpublished data). |
| UK | 10 | Lamden KH, Kennedy N, Beeching NJ et al. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections: risk factors among drug users in Northwest England. J Infect 1998; 37: 260-269. |
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| UK | 12 | Edeh J, Spalding P. Screening for HIV, HBV and HCV markers among drug users in treatment in rural south-east England. J Public Health Med 2000; 22: 531-539. |
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| UK | 14 | McCruden EA, Hillan KJ, McKay IC, Cassidy MT, Clark JC. Hepatitis virus infection and liver disease in injecting drug users who died suddenly. J Clin Pathol 1996;49: 552-5. |
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| UK | 16 | Gore SM, Bird AG, Cameron SO, Hutchinson SJ, Burns SM, Goldberg DJ. Prevalence of hepatitis C in prisons: WASH-C surveillance. |
| UK | 17 | Kennedy N, Tong CY, Beeching NJ, Lamden K, Williams H, Mutton KJ, Hart CA. Hepatitis G virus infection in drug users in Liverpool. J Infect 1998; 37: 140-7. |
| UK | 18 | Haw S, Higgins K. A comparison of the prevalence of HIV infection and injecting risk behaviour in urban and rural samples in Scotland. Addiction. 1998; 93: 855-63. |
| UK | 19 | Goldberg et al Scand J Infect Dis 2001; 33: 457-461. |
| UK | 20a | Unlinked Anonymous Surveys Steering Group. Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis infections in the United Kingdom 2001. London: Department of Health; 2002. |
| UK | 20b | Health Protection Agency, England (unpublished). / Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre Immunisation Division. www.hpa.org.uk |
| UK | 21 | Data from 1999 community-wide survey unpublished. |
| Norway | 1 | Konør H, MARIO – Methadone assisted rehabilitation in Oslo, unpublished data. |
| Norway | 2a | National Institute of Public Health (2001) Reference: Table 7.7 in Alcohol and Drugs in Norway, unpublished data. |
| Norway | 2b | Steen T., Oslo Municipality, Oslo, unpublished data. |
| Norway | 6 | "Hvilken nytte? For hvem? Og til hvilken kostnad?" ("What benefit, for whom to what costs? A prosprctive multicenter study of drug abusers in treatment"), Ravndal, Lauritzen and Melberg 2002. |