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Intravenous drug users have been found to be the group who less effectively respond to profilatic measures concerning HIV infection. At first, this high-risk group concurred with a very few number of cases in the infected population. Its rates, however, are increasing and reaching significant numbers.
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Da Silveira, D.X., Da Silva, N. (1991). The Importance of IV Drug Users Personality Traits in AIDS Prevention. In: Loimer, N., Schmid, R., Springer, A. (eds) Drug Addiction and AIDS. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9173-6_48
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