title: [Prevention and control of HIV infection in the Osh region of the Kyrgyz Republic].
abstract: A total of 178 cases of HIV infection were diagnosed in the Osh region of the Kyrgyz Republic for January 1, 2003, the intensity of the prevalence of HIV infection being 14.5 per 100,000 of the population with this figure for the whole republic being equal to 5.9. In the dynamics of the HIV infection epidemic two periods were detected. During the first 3 years (1998-2000) a few individual imported cases of HIV infection were registered in the region. During the last 2 years (2001-2002) 98.8% of all cases of HIV infection registered in the region, as well as the presence of an epidemic outbreak among injection drug users (IDU), were detected. The risk factors of getting HIV infection were the intravenous use of drugs and a low level of information among young people concerning the routes of transmission of this infection and means of protection from HIV/AIDS: the promotion of healthy life style among young people, the introduction of the programs of "harm reduction" among IDU and the rules of safe sex.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Adambekov
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mamaev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007707:Kyrgyzstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D009294:Narcotics; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D021841:Safe Sex; D011477:Sex Work; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D047568:Unsafe Sex; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics