caa a22 4500 397516436 CHVBK 20180308164620.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202s1995 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/eurpub/5.2.94 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/eurpub/5.2.94 Prevalence of HIV-1 seropositivity in syringes discarded by intravenous drug users in Barcelona [Elektronische Daten] [JOAN A. CAYLÀ, ANTONI PLASÈNCIA, OSCAR GARCÍA, FRANCESC VALLS, JOSEP LL. BIMBELA, JOSEP M. JANSÀ, ORIOL VALL] We tested the syringes recently abandoned in the inner city of Barcelona for HIV-1 antibodies. We stratified the 416 syringes collected and analysed them according to several variables. Of those with visible blood and needles 57.3% were positive. Multivariate analysis confirmed as predictors the presence of visible blood (OR=2.62; 95% Cl: 1.12-6.13), dirty appearance (OR=1.63; 95% Cl: 1.01-2.65), the neighbourhood in which they were collected (p=0.06) and the second collection period (OR=1.92; 95% Cl: 1.21-3.05), with an interaction between the presence of visible blood plus needles (OR=7, 82; 95% Cl: 2.17-28.22). The findings suggest that the syringes with these characteristics have the highest risk for the intravenous drug-user population who still share needles. © European Journal of Public Health ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON OTHER TOPICS nationallicence HIV-1 nationallicence heroin dependence nationallicence syringes nationallicence risk factors nationallicence population surveillance nationallicence CAYLÀ JOAN A. Municipal Institute of Health Barcelona aut PLASÈNCIA ANTONI Municipal Institute of Health Barcelona aut GARCÍA OSCAR Mataró Hospital Barcelona aut VALLS FRANCESC Mataró Hospital Barcelona aut BIMBELA JOSEP LL Public Health Service Ciutat Vella, Barcelona aut JANSÀ JOSEP M. Municipal Institute of Health Barcelona aut VALL ORIOL Mataró Hospital Barcelona aut The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/2(1995), 94-96 1101-1262 5:2<94 1995 5 eurpub https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.2.94 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.2.94 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- CAYLÀ JOAN A. Municipal Institute of Health Barcelona aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- PLASÈNCIA ANTONI Municipal Institute of Health Barcelona aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- GARCÍA OSCAR Mataró Hospital Barcelona aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- VALLS FRANCESC Mataró Hospital Barcelona aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- BIMBELA JOSEP LL Public Health Service Ciutat Vella, Barcelona aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- JANSÀ JOSEP M. Municipal Institute of Health Barcelona aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- VALL ORIOL Mataró Hospital Barcelona aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/2(1995), 94-96 1101-1262 5:2<94 1995 5 eurpub Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford