We estimated the prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV infections among injecting and non-injecting drug users treated within public drug-treatment centres in Italy to determine the correlates of infection.In the sample of 1330 drug users, the prevalence of HIV was 14.4% among drug injectors and 1.
6% among non-injectors; the prevalence of seal cookie cutter HBV was 70.4% among injecting drug users and 22.8% among non-injectors and of HCV was 83.
2% among injecting drug users and 22.0% among non-injectors.Old age, unemployment, and intravenous drug use were significantly correlated with each of the infections, as well as a longer history of injecting drug use.
The results indicate that these infections continue to circulate among drug users, fr8608 highlighting the need for monitoring of this group in Italy.