Explosive spread and high prevalence of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Togliatti City, Russia

Rhodes, Tim; M Lowndes, Catherine; Judd, Ali; Mikhailova, Larissa; Sarang, Anya; Rylkov, Andrey; Tichonov, Mikhail; Lewis, Kim; Ulyanova, N.V.; Alpatova, Tatiana; Karavashkin, Victor; Khutorskoy, Mikhail; Hickman, Matthew; Parry, John; Renton, Adrian

doi:10.1097/00002030-200209060-00002

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Explosive spread and high prevalence of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Togliatti City, Russia

Published in AIDS • Sep 1, 2002

Authors:

Tim Rhodes

Catherine M Lowndes

Ali Judd

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To establish the prevalence of antibodies to HIV (anti-HIV) and associated risk factors among injecting drug users (IDU) in Togliatti City, Samara Oblast, Russian Federation. DESIGN: An unlinked anonymous cross-sectional community recruited survey with oral fluid sample collection. METHOD...

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Medicine

Harm reduction

Environmental health

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