NITRITE INHALANTS - HISTORY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND POSSIBLE LINKS TO AIDS

被引:38
作者
HAVERKOS, HW
KOPSTEIN, AN
WILSON, H
DROTMAN, P
机构
[1] COMM MONITOR POPPERS,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94102
[2] CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT,NATL CTR INFECT DIS,ATLANTA,GA 30333
关键词
AIDS; HIV INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KAPOSIS SARCOMA; NITRITE INHALANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.2307/3432118
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Nitrite inhalants have been commonly abused substances in the United States. Nitrite inhalants and AIDS was a popular topic in the early 1980s, when the cause of AIDS was not known. With the discovery of HIV, concern about nitrite use in the USA waned. However, nitrite inhalant use is associated with behavioral relapse and HIV transmission among gay men, with decreased lymphocyte counts and natural killer cell activity in a few laboratory studies, and it remains a candidate cofactor in the pathogenesis of AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. Discouraging nitrite use continues to be a worthwhile public health goal.
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