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Longitudinal Studies of HIV Infection in Intravenous Drug Users: Methodological Issues in Natural History Research



NIDA Research Monograph, Number 109 [Printed in 1991]

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Table of Contents

Introduction-----1
Peter I. Hartsock

Strategies for Enhancing Existing Studies of the Natural History of HIV-1 Infection Among Drug Users-----9
Dale D. Chitwood, Mary Comerford, and Edward J. Trapido

Natural History of HIV Infection in Gay Men and Intravenous Drug Users-----29
Gerald Friedland

Sampling Issues for Natural History Studies Including Intravenous Drug Abusers-----51
W. Wayne Wiebel

Toward Comprehensive Studies of HIV in Intravenous Drug Users: Issues in Treatment-Based and Street-Based Samples-----63
John K. Watters and Yu-Teh Cheng

The ALIVE Study, A Longitudinal Study Of HIV-1 Infection in Intravenous Drug Users: Description of Methods and Characteristics of Participants-----75
David Vlahov, James C. Anthony, Alvaro Munoz, Joseph Margolick, Kenrad E. Nelson, David D. Celentano, Liza Solomon, and B. Frank Polk

HIV Infection in Drug Abusers: Research Implications of Descriptive Studies-----101
Walter Dorus, Melodie Schaefer, Constance T. Pachucki, Doris M. Schaaff, and Joseph R. Lentino

Potential Cofactors in the Outcomes of HIV Infection in Intravenous Drug Users-----115
Don C. Des Jarlais

How Can Results of Longitudinal Studies Help Mathematicians Model the HIV Epidemic Among Intravenous Drug Abusers and the General Population?-----125
Philip C. Cooley, David N. Hamill, Susan J. Reade-Chistopher, Elsa C. Liner, and Charles M. van der Horst




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