Document 2565
 DOCN  M94A2565
 TI    Epidemiological trend of HIV-infection in Ukraine during 1987-1993.
 DT    9412
 AU    Shcherbinskaya A; Kobyshcha Y; Kruglov Y; Morosou V; Mukharskaya L;
       Chentsova N; Goreglyad N; National AIDS Centre, Kiev, Ukraine.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):275 (abstract no. PC0022). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370010
 AB    OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to analyze the trend of
       HIV-infection in Ukrainian population. METHODS: From 1987 to 1993 blood
       samples were taken from more than 32 million Ukrainian's for testing of
       HIV 1/2 antibodies by ELISA. Seropositive samples were subjected to WB
       for confirmation. RESULTS: In accordance with statistic data from June
       1987 to December 1993 there were 153 HIV seropositive Ukraine
       citizens--an increase of 41 persons over the last year. Of these cases
       69% were aged between 20 and 39 years. The male-to-female ratio of cases
       was changed from 0.8:1 in 1988 to 1.4:1 in 1993. Cumulative rates of
       HIV-infection per million population increase from 3.3 (1989) to 5.7
       (1993). HIV transmission mode structure remains the same as during the
       last years. Patients infected through heterosexual contact consist 57.5%
       and homosexual contact--9.8%; 9.8% of all persons were infected during
       medical manipulations; 6.5% of all cases were children infected from
       their mothers; in 16.4% the mode of HIV transmission was still
       undetermined. 22 HIV-infected patients had diagnoses of AIDS, 13 of them
       died, including 4 infants. CONCLUSION: Increase of the detected
       HIV-infected persons doesn't give us the optimistic grounds concerning
       AIDS prevalence in Ukraine. Low data of sickness statistics in
       comparison with other countries could not calm us, because they does't
       reflect the real epidemiological situation.
 DE    Adult  Female  Human  HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  HIV
       Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Prevalence  Risk Factors
       Ukraine/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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