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High HIV risk among Uigur minority ethnic drug users in northwestern China.

Zhang L, Zhu J, Rui B, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Yin L, Ruan Y, Qian HZ, Shao Y

State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.

OBJECTIVE: To assess differences of HIV risk between ethnicities in northwestern China. METHOD: Cross-sectional serosurvey and structured questionnaire interview of 383 injection drug users of either Han or Uigur ethnicity in Urumqi, Xinjiang. RESULTS: Both Uigur minority ethnicity and residence in a Uigur or mixed Uigur/Han community were independently associated with higher HIV risk. CONCLUSION: HIV prevention programs should give special focus on minority ethnic drug users and their communities.

Published 16 May 2008 in Trop Med Int Health, 13(6): 814-7.
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