Blood cell and tissue transplant surveillance: Key findings from a national enhanced HIV surveillance system: 2010 - 2012

摘要

BackgroundPeople who inject drugs represent an important risk group in Canada’s HIV epidemic. I-Track is a national public health surveillance system designed to monitor HIV and hepatitis C prevalence and associated risk behaviour factors among people who inject drugs in Canada. Information is collected through cross-sectional surveys conducted periodically at sentinel sites across Canada. I-Track Phase 3 was conducted between April 26, 2010 and August 7, 2012 across 11 participating sentinel sites.