title: [HIV infection in pregnant women in Chelyabinsk].
abstract: Data on HIV infection in pregnant women in Chelyabinsk are presented. Starting from 1999, a considerable rise in the number of HIV-infected persons was registered in this city. The social and epidemiological characteristics of HIV-infected pregnant women, as well as the main routes and factors of the infective agent transmission, are given. Relationship between the spread of HIV-infection and drug addiction is revealed. The occurrence of different opportunistic infections in HIV-infected pregnant women is determined.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Orlova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Karazhas
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Rusakova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000209:etiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D047568:Unsafe Sex; D014505:Urban Population