Mukherjee Trena I, McCrimmon Tara, Primbetova Sholpan, Darisheva Meruyert, Terlikbayeva Assel, El-Bassel Nabila
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Jul 1;272:112707. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112707. Epub 2025 May 11.
INTRODUCTION: Central Asia has one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics globally. Suboptimal anti-retroviral treatment (ART) coverage and viral suppression among people who inject drugs (PWID) and are living with HIV increase transmission risk to injection and sexual partners. Men and women may have distinct patterns of HIV transmission risk behaviors, but little is known about how these behaviors co-occur. This paper identifies HIV transmission risk typologies among PWID and examines associated health outcomes by sex. METHODS: Between February 2017 and June 2019, we recruited 450 men and 166 women (N = 616) PWID living with HIV in Kazakhstan. Latent class analysis identified heterogenous patterns of injection and sexual risk behaviors. Multinomial logistic regression examined how criminal-justice involvement, drug use and health outcomes varied by risk patterns. RESULTS: ART coverage was 71 % and viral suppression was 43 %, with little variation by sex. Among men, latent classes included: No injection & Low Sexual Risk (41.8 %), Injection & Sexual Risk (36.4 %), and Low Injection & High Injection Risk (21.8 %) behaviors. Both injection risk classes were associated with higher odds of detention, drug use, and overdose. Among women, classes included: Low Injection & Sexual Risk (60.7 %), Sex Work Behaviors & Injection Risk (8.4 %), High Injection & Sexual Risk (30.7 %) behaviors. Sex Work Behaviors & Injection Risk was associated with higher odds of detention, heroin use, and verbal police harassment. CONCLUSION: PWID living with HIV in Kazakhstan exhibit high-risk behaviors and low viral suppression. Distinct patterns by sex underscore the need for tailored harm reduction strategies and retention in HIV care.
引言:中亚地区是全球艾滋病病毒(HIV)疫情增长最快的地区之一。注射吸毒者(PWID)且感染HIV者的抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART)覆盖率欠佳以及病毒抑制率较低,会增加其向注射伙伴和性伙伴传播病毒的风险。男性和女性的HIV传播风险行为模式可能有所不同,但对于这些行为如何同时出现却知之甚少。本文确定了PWID中的HIV传播风险类型,并按性别检查了相关的健康结果。 方法:在2017年2月至2019年6月期间,我们在哈萨克斯坦招募了450名感染HIV的男性注射吸毒者和166名感染HIV的女性注射吸毒者(N = 616)。潜在类别分析确定了注射和性风险行为的异质模式。多项逻辑回归分析研究了刑事司法参与、吸毒情况和健康结果如何因风险模式而异。 结果:ART覆盖率为71%,病毒抑制率为43%,性别差异不大。在男性中,潜在类别包括:不注射且性风险低(41.8%)、注射且性风险高(36.4%)以及注射风险低且高注射风险(21.8%)行为。两种注射风险类别都与被拘留、吸毒和过量用药的较高几率相关。在女性中,类别包括:注射风险低且性风险低(60.7%)、性工作行为且注射风险高(8.4%)、高注射风险且性风险高(30.7%)行为。性工作行为且注射风险高与被拘留、使用海洛因和警方言语骚扰的较高几率相关。 结论:哈萨克斯坦感染HIV的PWID表现出高风险行为且病毒抑制率低。按性别划分的不同模式凸显了制定针对性的减少伤害策略以及保留HIV护理的必要性。
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