@article {1583, title = {High-prevalence and high-estimated incidence of HIV infection among new injecting drug users in Estonia: need for large scale prevention programs.}, journal = {Journal of public health (Oxford, England)}, volume = {30}, year = {2008}, month = {2008 Jun}, pages = {119-25}, abstract = {To examine HIV risk behavior and HIV infection among new injectors in Tallinn, Estonia. Design and methods Data from two cross-sectional surveys of injecting drug users (IDUs) recruited from a syringe exchange program (N = 162, Study 1) or using respondent driven sampling (N = 350, Study 2). Behavioral surveys were administered; serum samples were collected for HIV testing. Subjects were categorized into new injectors (injecting < or = 3 years) and long-term injectors (injecting > 3 years).}, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Estonia, Female, Harm Reduction, HIV Infections, Humans, Incidence, Male, Needle Sharing, Needle-Exchange Programs, Prevalence, Risk-Taking, Sex Factors, Sexual Behavior, Substance Abuse, Intravenous}, issn = {1741-3850}, doi = {10.1093/pubmed/fdn014}, author = {Uusk{\"u}la, Anneli and Kals, Mart and Rajaleid, Kristiina and Abel, Katri and Talu, Ave and R{\"u}{\"u}tel, Kristi and Platt, Lucy and Rhodes, Tim and Dehovitz, Jack and Jarlais, Don Des} }