29.06.2013 Views

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIOLOGIC ...

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIOLOGIC ...

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIOLOGIC ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

positivity. UHS staff believe, on the basis of earlier<br />

HCV antibody testing, that true prevalence is between<br />

90 and 95 percent. This has enormous implications<br />

for the long-term health of San Francisco’s IDU<br />

population—not only the current user population<br />

estimated at 18,700, but also the possibly much larger<br />

232<br />

<strong>EPIDEMIOLOGIC</strong> TRENDS IN <strong>DRUG</strong> <strong>ABUSE</strong>—San Francisco Bay Area<br />

number with past (or future) injection drug use.<br />

“Coinfection” is also a serious problem; a 2003 study<br />

by the University of California at San Francisco<br />

found that 73 percent of homeless and marginally<br />

housed people with HIV were also infected with<br />

hepatitis C.<br />

For inquiries concerning this report, please contact John A. Newmeyer, Ph.D., Epidemiologist, Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc., 612 Clayton<br />

Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94117, Phone: 415-931-5420, Fax: 415-776-8823, E-mail: jnewmeyer@aol.com.<br />

Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Vol. II, January 2005

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!