title: [Prevalence and postmortem diagnosis of hemocontact infections in intravenous drug abusers based on forensic medical research data].
abstract: The spread of viral hepatitis C and B and of HIV was studied among the intravenous drug consumers (IDC) on the basis of 42 forensic-medical autopsies. The enzyme immune-assay (EIA) of blood serum showed, in 95.2% of cases, antibodies to hepatitis C virus, antibodies to HbsAg and HIV were registered in 11.9% in both cases. The possibilities of using the autopsy-blood serum for EIA-diagnosis of viral hepatitis and HIV were demonstrated. Morphological examinations of IDC showed, in them, chronic hepatitis (CH) of minimal, weakly-pronounced and moderate activities. Viral CH in HIV infected IDCs is characterized by a minimal and small-pronounced activity of the process and it is not different, according to its activity, from viral CH in IDCs without HIV.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kanibolotskiĭ
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Lun'kova
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Makarova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Solokhin
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Potemkin
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mitkova
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D015995:Prevalence; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*