"Needle Sharing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Usage of a single needle among two or more people for injecting drugs. Needle sharing is a high-risk behavior for contracting infectious disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D016485
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.735.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Needle Sharing- Needle Sharing
- Sharing, Needle
- Needlesharing
- Syringe Sharing
- Sharing, Syringe
- Needle-Sharing
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Needle Sharing" by people in Profiles.
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Response to Marsden et al (2020): Mitigation for the impacts on needle and syringe programmes is needed. Addiction. 2021 01; 116(1):206-207.
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Personal historical perspective of HIV: part 11. Postgrad Med J. 2020 Jul; 96(1137):417-421.
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Lessons from Scott County - Progress or Paralysis on Harm Reduction? N Engl J Med. 2019 May 23; 380(21):1988-1990.
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Quantifying potentially infectious sharing patterns among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, USA. Epidemiol Infect. 2018 10; 146(14):1845-1853.
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A large healthcare-associated outbreak of hepatitis C virus genotype 1a in a clinic in Korea. J Clin Virol. 2018 09; 106:53-57.
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Syringe Sharing in Drug Injecting Dyads: A Cross-Classified Multilevel Analysis of Social Networks. AIDS Behav. 2018 Jul; 22(Suppl 1):10-18.
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Comparing risk environments for HIV among people who inject drugs from three cities in Northern Mexico. Harm Reduct J. 2018 05 18; 15(1):27.
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Using Contact Patterns to Inform HIV Interventions in Persons Who Inject Drugs in Northern Vietnam. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 05 01; 78(1):1-8.
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Factors related to HIV infection among unmarried youth in rural areas of Southwest China. AIDS Care. 2018 08; 30(8):1058-1061.
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Clinical profile of hepatitis C virus infection in a developing country: India. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Apr; 33(4):926-933.