Ljungberg B, Christensson B, Tunving K, Andersson B, Landvall B, Lundberg M, Zäll-Friberg A C
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (1988). 1991;4(9):890-5.
Exchange of syringes and needles has for the last 3 years been offered to injecting drug users as part of an HIV prevention project in a small university town in south Sweden. The program at the local hospital has been visited by 979 drug users, of which 182 have participated on a more regular basis. The typical participant is a 30-year-old male who has injected amphetamine or heroin for at least 10 years. The seroprevalence for HIV among drug users in south Sweden has been maintained at approximately 1% in contrast to up to 60% in subpopulations from other Scandinavian regions with a comparable drug problem. No project participant has become HIV infected during the study period and a reduction in risk behavior has been noted among local drug injectors. The HIV prevention project has attracted many individuals with no previous contact with drug rehabilitation programs; for a number of drug users, the syringe exchange has served as an introduction to such treatment efforts.
在瑞典南部一个小型大学城开展的一项艾滋病毒预防项目中，过去三年来一直为注射吸毒者提供注射器和针头交换服务。当地医院的这个项目已有979名吸毒者前来咨询，其中182人更经常地参与其中。典型的参与者是一名30岁的男性，他注射安非他明或海洛因至少已有10年。瑞典南部吸毒者中的艾滋病毒血清流行率一直维持在约1%，相比之下，其他存在类似毒品问题的斯堪的纳维亚地区的亚人群体中这一比例高达60%。在研究期间，没有项目参与者感染艾滋病毒，而且当地注射吸毒者的危险行为有所减少。这个艾滋病毒预防项目吸引了许多以前没有接触过戒毒项目的人；对一些吸毒者来说，注射器交换服务成为了他们接触此类治疗工作的契机。
