Javier A Tamargo, Haley R Martin, Janet Diaz-Martinez, Ivan Delgado-Enciso, Angelique Johnson, Jose A Bastida Rodriguez, Mary Jo Trepka, David R Brown, Nana A Garba, Eneida O Roldan, Yolangel Hernandez Suarez, Aileen M Marty, Zoran Bursac, Adriana Campa, Marianna K Baum
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately impacted people who use drugs (PWUD). This study explored relationships between drug use, COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and infection. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Miami, Florida between March 2021 and October 2022 as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative and the Miami Adult Studies on HIV (MASH) cohort. Users of cannabis, cocaine/crack, heroin/fentanyl, methamphetamines, hallucinogens, and/or prescription drug misuse in the previous 12 months were considered PWUD...
2024: PloS One