Maddux J F, Vogtsberger K N, Prihoda T J, Desmond D P, Watson D D, Williams M L
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7792.
Int J Addict. 1994 Jan;29(2):179-94. doi: 10.3109/10826089409047376.
In three Texas cities illicit drug injectors not in treatment were located by outreach and interviewed with a standard questionnaire. In all the cities the drug injectors were predominantly undereducated and unemployed young men from minority groups. In Dallas and Houston most were Black, while in San Antonio most were Hispanic. The most frequently reported primary drug in Houston was cocaine, but in Dallas and San Antonio it was heroin. The high needle risk for AIDS and the low rates of positive HIV antibody tests in these samples present a special window of opportunity for prevention of AIDS.
在得克萨斯州的三个城市，通过外展服务找到了未接受治疗的非法药物注射者，并使用标准问卷对他们进行了访谈。在所有这些城市中，药物注射者主要是来自少数群体、受教育程度低且失业的年轻男性。在达拉斯和休斯敦，大多数是黑人，而在圣安东尼奥，大多数是西班牙裔。在休斯敦，最常报告的主要毒品是可卡因，但在达拉斯和圣安东尼奥，却是海洛因。这些样本中艾滋病的高针头感染风险以及低HIV抗体检测阳性率为预防艾滋病提供了一个特殊的机会窗口。
