users that purchase and inject drugs together, influence HIV.
transmission (Des Jarlais, 1992) .
Sexual Behavior of IV Drug Users.
One of the ways in which infected IV drug users, a risk.
group, spread HIV into the "general population", is through.
unprotected sex. In both developed and developing countries.
it has been found that the risk behavior among IV drug users.
includes being sexual active with both injecting and.
non-injecting partners, and rare use of condoms (Oritz, .
1994) In addition, there is evidence that suggests IV drug.
users also participate in sexual activity with commercial.
sex workers. This is extremely risky behavior due to the.
fact these commercial sex workers obviously have multiple.
sex partners, but also because IV drug use is a common.
practice among many commercial sex workers. .
HIV Transmission rates from IV drug users to the general.
population.
One of the concerns dealing with the transmission of.
HIV, is that IV drug users, a risk group, transmits the.
disease to the general population, a non-risk group. A.
pattern found is that once HIV establishes itself among an.
IV drug user population, a "bridge" is formed in which the.
virus crosses into the general heterosexual population.
through sexual intercourse (Des Jarlais, 1992) The number.
of cases of non-drug injecting, pregnant women with HIV in .
developing countries is on the rise. The numbers steadily.
increase as the number of IV drug user HIV cases increase. .
It then becomes likely that HIV in pregnant women has been.
transmitted mainly through IV drug users (Lamptey, 1991).
As HIV spreads through developing countries, a main route of.
transmission becomes that of IV drug users infecting their.
wives, girlfriends, significant other, or sex partners. .
Syringe Needles and HIV Risk.
The primary means in which HIV is transmitted among IV.
drug users is through sharing infected injecting equipment. .
The equipment of IV drug users consists of needles,.
