Anthrax infection among heroin users in Scotland during 2009-2010 : a case-control study by linkage to a national drug treatment database

Palmateer, Norah Elizabeth and Ramsay, Colin N. and Browning, Lynda and Goldberg, David J. and Hutchinson, Sharon (2012) Anthrax infection among heroin users in Scotland during 2009-2010 : a case-control study by linkage to a national drug treatment database. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 55 (5). pp. 706-710. ISSN 1058-4838 (https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis511)

Abstract

Using a data-linkage approach, we conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors in an outbreak of anthrax infection among Scottish heroin users. Factors associated with an increased risk of infection included longer injecting history, receiving opioid substitution therapy, and alcohol consumption. Smoking heroin was associated with lower risk of infection.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	42205
  Dates:	Date Event 2012 Published 22 May 2012 Published Online
  Subjects:	Science > Mathematics Medicine > Pharmacy and materia medica
  Department:	Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	26 Nov 2012 15:07
  Last modified:	11 Nov 2024 10:12
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/42205