title: [A strategy for the control of HIV infection and viral hepatitides against the background of the narcotic abuse epidemic].
abstract: The presence of the epidemic of drug addiction in the Russian Federation is stated: for the recent 10 years the number of drug addicts increased 3.5-fold. The questioning of several thousand drug addicts has revealed that 60% of them have hepatitis B, 80% have hepatitis C, 10% have syphilis. The strategy of controlling HIV infection among drug addicts is proposed. It includes, in the first place, the prevention of the secondary infection from HIV-infected addicts; in the second place, the detection of HIV-infected persons in groups of drug addicts, difficult to establish contacts with; in the third place, the primary prophylaxis within the program "Harm reduction" in the most susceptible groups of drug addicts. The thesis that the prevention of HIV infection must become the prevention of drug addiction by rendering multi-stage assistance to HIV-infected persons, including mainly drug addicts, is substantiated.
authors.affiliation: Fund Return, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Ostrovskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012426:Russia