TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV Prevalence Among People Who Inject Drugs in Greater Kuala Lumpur Recruited Using Respondent-Driven Sampling
AU - Bazazi, Alexander R.
AU - Crawford, Forrest
AU - Zelenev, Alexei
AU - Heimer, Robert
AU - Kamarulzaman, Adeeba
AU - Altice, Frederick L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH career development (FLA: NIDA K24 DA017072, AZ: NIDA K01 DA037826, FC: NCATS KL2 TR000140), research (NIDA FLA, AK: NIDA R01 DA032106, FC: NIMH/CIRA P30MH062294), and training (ARB: T32 GM07205, NIMH T32 MH020031, NIDA F30 DA039716) Grants as well as University Malaya’s High Impact Research Grant (AK: E-000001-20001) and the Yale Downs Fellowship (ARB). OraSure Technologies, Inc. provided discounted rapid HIV tests. Funders had no role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - The HIV epidemic in Malaysia is concentrated among people who inject drugs (PWID). Accurate estimates of HIV prevalence are critical for developing appropriate treatment and prevention interventions for PWID in Malaysia. In 2010, 461 PWID were recruited using respondent-driven sampling in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Participants completed rapid HIV testing and behavioral assessments. Estimates of HIV prevalence were computed for each of the three recruitment sites and the overall sample. HIV prevalence was 15.8 % (95 % CI 12.5–19.2 %) overall but varied widely by location: 37.0 % (28.6–45.4 %) in Kampung Baru, 10.3 % (5.0–15.6 %) in Kajang, and 6.3 % (3.0–9.5 %) in Shah Alam. Recruitment extended to locations far from initial interview sites but was concentrated around discrete geographic regions. We document the high prevalence of HIV among PWID in Greater Kuala Lumpur. Sustained support for community surveillance and HIV prevention interventions is needed to stem the HIV epidemic among PWID in Malaysia.
AB - The HIV epidemic in Malaysia is concentrated among people who inject drugs (PWID). Accurate estimates of HIV prevalence are critical for developing appropriate treatment and prevention interventions for PWID in Malaysia. In 2010, 461 PWID were recruited using respondent-driven sampling in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Participants completed rapid HIV testing and behavioral assessments. Estimates of HIV prevalence were computed for each of the three recruitment sites and the overall sample. HIV prevalence was 15.8 % (95 % CI 12.5–19.2 %) overall but varied widely by location: 37.0 % (28.6–45.4 %) in Kampung Baru, 10.3 % (5.0–15.6 %) in Kajang, and 6.3 % (3.0–9.5 %) in Shah Alam. Recruitment extended to locations far from initial interview sites but was concentrated around discrete geographic regions. We document the high prevalence of HIV among PWID in Greater Kuala Lumpur. Sustained support for community surveillance and HIV prevention interventions is needed to stem the HIV epidemic among PWID in Malaysia.
KW - HIV prevalence
KW - Malaysia
KW - People who inject drugs
KW - Respondent-driven sampling
KW - Surveillance
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U2 - 10.1007/s10461-015-1191-y
DO - 10.1007/s10461-015-1191-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 26358544
AN - SCOPUS:84944512622
SN - 1090-7165
VL - 19
SP - 2347
EP - 2357
JO - AIDS and Behavior
JF - AIDS and Behavior
IS - 12
ER -
