The results of sentinel epidemiological surveillance on the level of HIV prevalence among injection narcotic abusers in the city of Poltava

The sentinel epidemiological surveillance on the level of spread of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Poltava, taking part in the program of harm reduction, was carried out. The results of the surveillance revealed that the level of HIV infection among drug users was 37.8%, the level of HI...

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Published inŽurnal mikrobiologii, ėpidemiologii i immunobiologii no. 4; p. 34
Main Authors Kruglov, Iu V, Shcherbinskaia, A M, Andrushchak, L I, Kislykh, E N, Pimenov, A S, Korshenko, V N, Protopopov, A, Vatamaniuk, M Iu
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.07.2000
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Female
HIV Antibodies - blood
HIV Seroprevalence
Humans
Male
Needle-Exchange Programs
Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Sentinel Surveillance
Sex Distribution
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology
Ukraine - epidemiology
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Ukraine
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Summary:The sentinel epidemiological surveillance on the level of spread of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Poltava, taking part in the program of harm reduction, was carried out. The results of the surveillance revealed that the level of HIV infection among drug users was 37.8%, the level of HIV infection among females being higher than that among males. These data indicate that the level of HIV infection rises with the increase of age and the time of drug consumption. Still in the age group of 30 years and older and among drug addicts using drugs for 7 years and longer the lowest level of HIV infection was noted.
ISSN:0372-9311