Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Injecting Drug Users in Pokhara Valley, Nepal: Round IV - 2009

This study is the fourth round of IBBS conducted among 300 male IDUs in the Pokhara Valley. The study was undertaken to measure the prevalence of HIV and syphilis, and associated risk behaviors among IDUs. Demographic, injecting behavior and sexual behavior data were collected through structured questionnaire while the prevalence of HIV and syphilis were measured by testing blood samples using Determine HIV 1/2 test to detect antibodies against HIV, Uni-Gold test as a second test and SD Bioline HIV 1/2 test as a tie-breaker test.