"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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| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 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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Spatial inequities in access to medications for treatment of opioid use disorder highlight scarcity of methadone providers under counterfactual scenarios. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Jul; 20(7):e1012307.
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Trends in homelessness and injection practices among young urban and suburban people who inject drugs: 1997-2017. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 08 01; 225:108797.
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Factors associated with methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms among people who inject drugs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 06 01; 223:108702.
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Partner Notification Services for Patients with Established and New HIV Infection Leads to Diagnosis and Linkage of HIV-Positive Partners. AIDS Behav. 2021 Mar; 25(3):809-813.
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Divergent estimates of HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Ukraine. Int J Drug Policy. 2019 11; 73:156-162.
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Gender differences in HIV risk behaviors of inmates. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jan-Feb; 18(1):65-71.
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Needle exchange and injection-related risk behaviors in Chicago: a longitudinal study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 May 01; 45(1):108-14.
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Drug use and HIV risk practices of secondary and primary needle exchange users. AIDS Educ Prev. 2005 Apr; 17(2):170-84.
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Changes in the sharing of drug injection equipment among street-recruited injection drug users in Chicago, Illinois, 1994--1996. Subst Use Misuse. 2005; 40(1):63-76.
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HIV risk practices among needle exchange users and nonusers in Chicago. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Sep 01; 37(1):1187-96.