Document 2561
 DOCN  M94A2561
 TI    HIV-infection in the south region of Ukraine.
 DT    9412
 AU    Novitsky V; Mogilevsky L; Boshchenko Y; Southern Ukrainian Centre for
       AIDS Prevention, Odessa.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):276 (abstract no. PC0023). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370014
 AB    OBJECTIVE: The main goals of the research were investigation of
       HIV-infection dynamic in the South Region of Ukraine and establishing of
       the character of epidemiological process of HIV-infection among the
       Ukrainian citizens. METHODS: All HIV-infected persons in Ukraine and in
       South Region of Ukraine were selected as a subject for study. A
       comparison was carried out with all Ukrainian persons who were tested
       for HIV infection and the whole population of Ukraine. There were
       applied a number of virological, serological, epidemiological and
       immunological methods. Standard statistical tests were used for
       performing of received data. RESULTS: The levels of HIV infected
       individuals in Southern regions of Ukraine were vary in different
       regions: from 0.18 (per 10.000 citizens) in Odessa to only 0.009 in
       Kherson. The highest level of infectivity (250.0 per 10.000) was among
       individuals who have had sexual contacts with HIV infected individuals.
       In the same time, on the other territory of Ukraine this level is
       decreased in 6.11 times. In the South region of Ukraine the main way of
       HIV infectivity is a sexual transmission (79.68%). It was shown the
       influence of geographic location on the dynamic of HIV-infection. Spread
       of HIV infection among different social groups was investigated.
       DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Approximation of received data from Odessa
       region by square function has demonstrated the probable increasing of
       HIV-infection in the nearest future. All medical and social measurements
       for prevention of AIDS should be in accordance with the specificity and
       peculiarities of AIDS development in concrete regions and particularly
       in the South Region of Ukraine.
 DE    Human  HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Sex Behavior
       Ukraine/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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