The complex interplay of social networks, geography and HIV risk among Malaysian Drug Injectors: Results from respondent-driven sampling

• Main Authors: Zelenev, A., Long, E., Bazazi, A.R., Kamarulzaman, A., Altice, F.L.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18673/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.08.008
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background HIV is primarily concentrated among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Malaysia, where currently HIV prevention and treatment coverage is inadequate. To improve the targeting of interventions, we examined HIV clustering and the role that social networks and geographical distance play in in...