Injecting Drug Use (Main Page)
People who inject drugs are vulnerable to a diverse range of infectious and communicable diseases, including HIV, wound botulism, and hepatitis C, which can result in considerable morbidity and mortality. The surveillance of communicable diseases, and the associated risk and protective behaviours, among this group are important public health functions.
In addition to laboratory and clinician reports there are also data on the prevalences of hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV among people who inject drugs from the Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring Survey of HIV and Hepatitis. This large ongoing multi-site survey is a collaboration between the HPA and over 50 specialist agencies that work with people who inject drugs throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In addition to monitoring prevalence this survey collects information on risk/protective behaviours and healthcare utilisation.
What's New
- 10 November 2011: Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom 2010. An update: November 2011 ›› Download report
- 28 July 2011: Data from Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring Survey of Injecting Drug Users for 2010.
Latest report
Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom 2010. An update: November 2011 ›› Download report
Bloodborne viruses
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- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Tetanus
- Severe systemic sepsis
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Group A Streptococcal infections
Risk and protective behaviour
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