title: [The development of HIV infection in the Far-Eastern region of the Russian Federation].
abstract: By May 18, 1998, 108 HIV-infected persons were registered in the Far-Eastern region. In recent years young people using narcotic drugs were involved in the epidemic process. The sources of the infection were mainly migrants arriving to the Far East from the Ukraine. HIV-infected persons also were registered in settlements lying north of the Arctic Circle.
authors: Far-Eastern Center for Prophylaxis of AIDS, Khabarovsk, Russia.
authors: V V
authors: VV
authors: Bogach
authors: O E
authors: OE
authors: Trotsenko
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications