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1989 • 6,910 citations

Viral infections in short-term injection drug users: the prevalence of the hepatitis C, hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency, and human T-lymphotropic viruses.

1996 • 705 citations

Needle exchange is not enough

1997 • 664 citations

Risk Factors for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Intravenous Drug Users

1989 • 498 citations

Reliability of self-reported HIV risk behaviors of drug users.

1995 • 483 citations

HIV incidence among injecting drug users in New York City syringe-exchange programmes

1996 • 413 citations

Stability and Inactivation of HTLV-III/LAV Under Clinical and Laboratory Environments

1986 • 380 citations

High Rates of HIV Infection among Injection Drug Users Participating in Needle Exchange Programs in Montreal: Results of a Cohort Study

1997 • 309 citations

Human immunodeficiency virus infection in heterosexual intravenous drug users in San Francisco.

1987 • 278 citations

Maintaining low HIV seroprevalence in populations of injecting drug users

1995 • 271 citations

Reduced risk of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among injection drug users in the Tacoma syringe exchange program.

1995 • 254 citations

The role of needle exchange programs in HIV prevention.

1998 • 222 citations

A model-based estimate of HIV infectivity via needle sharing.

1992 • 199 citations

Impact of Increased Legal Access to Needles and Syringes on Practices of Injecting-Drug Users and Police Officers???Connecticut, 1992???1993

1995 • 194 citations

HIV seroconversion in intravenous drug users in San Francisco, 1985–1990

1994 • 182 citations

An opportunity lost: HIV infections associated with lack of a national needle-exchange programme in the USA

1997 • 175 citations

Continuity and change within an HIV epidemic. Injecting drug users in New York City, 1984 through 1992.

1994 • 166 citations

Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus among Cardiac Surgery Patients, Homosexual Men, and Intravenous Drug Users in Baltimore, Maryland

1991 • 126 citations

Let the Needles Do the Talking! Evaluating the New Haven Needle Exchange

1993 • 125 citations

Needles That Kill: Modeling Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission via Shared Drug Injection Equipment in Shooting Galleries

1989 • 123 citations

A circulation theory of needle exchange

1994 • 115 citations

Can Syringe Exchange Serve as a Conduit to Substance Abuse Treatment?

1998 • 114 citations

Risk factors and HIV seropositivity among injecting drug users in Bangkok

1991 • 99 citations

Prevention of HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases among injection drug users. A national survey on the regulation of syringes and needles.

1997 • 97 citations

Stability and inactivation of HTLV-III/LAV under clinical and laboratory environments

1986 • 95 citations

Seroepidemiology of viral infections among intravenous drug users in northern California.

1992 • 93 citations

Needle exchange decreases the prevalence of HIV-1 proviral DNA in returned syringes in New Haven, Connecticut

1993 • 92 citations

Risk of occupational infection with blood-borne pathogens in operating and delivery room settings

1993 • 92 citations

Risk factors for HIV-1 seroconversion among injection drug users: a case-control study.

1995 • 69 citations

Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Virus Infections among Injecting Drug Users: Seroprevalence, Risk Factors, and Viral Interactions

1994 • 65 citations

Structural impediments to operational syringe-exchange programs.

1996 • 58 citations

Preliminary laboratory studies of inactivation of HIV-1 in needles and syringes containing infected blood using undiluted household bleach.

1994 • 52 citations

The legal strategies used in operating syringe exchange programs in the United States.

1996 • 51 citations

A method for evaluating needle exchange programmes

1994 • 49 citations

Behavioral Risk Factors and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevalence among Intravenous Drug Users in Puerto Rico

1992 • 41 citations

Field effectiveness of needle disinfection among injecting drug users.

1994 • 41 citations

Infectious Decay of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Plasma

1993 • 40 citations

Hepatitis in Used Syringes: The Limits of Sensitivity of Techniques to Detect Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) DNA, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA, and Antibodies to HBV Core and HCV Antigens

1996 • 39 citations

Inadequate bleach contact times during syringe cleaning among injection drug users.

1994 • 38 citations

Race/ethnicity as a risk factor for HIV-1 infection among Connecticut intravenous drug users.

1989 • 36 citations

HIV infection and AIDS risk behaviors among intravenous drug users entering methadone treatment in selected U.S. cities.

1991 • 34 citations

Tuberculosis screening at a syringe exchange program.

1997 • 33 citations

Bleach use and HIV seroconversion among New York City injection drug users.

1994 • 32 citations

Perspectives on infection with HIV-1 among intravenous drug users.

1988 • 22 citations

Risk behaviors for HIV transmission among intravenous-drug users not in drug treatment--United States, 1987-1989.

1990 • 14 citations