Mariana A. Hacker|Iuri Costa Leite|Samuel R. Friedman|Renata Gracie Carrijo|Francisco I. Bastos
Poverty, bridging between injecting drug users and the general population, and “interiorization” may explain the spread of HIV in southern Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz|Fundação Oswaldo Cruz|National Development and Research Institutes|Fundação Oswaldo Cruz|Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
aim paper study structural determinants role injecting drug users idus bridging population general population affected aids subepidemic southern brazil 19862000 data 288 southernmost brazilian municipalities analyzed using hierarchical modeling inputs geographic information system multilevel model constructed dependent variable logged aids standardized incidence rate among heterosexual population aged 1569yearsold independent variables included indicators education water provision sewage garbage collection per capita income gini coefficient income human development index indicators accessibility aids rate among idus significant predictors included aids rate among idus distance fromto highwaysrailways human development index ratio residents access sanitary installations poverty measured socioeconomic indicators bridging idus contribute spread hivaids brazilian southern municipalities