Document 0594
 DOCN  M9440594
 TI    [The risk factors for the transmission of HIV infection among
       intravenous narcotic users in Russia]
 DT    9404
 AU    Savchenko IG; Pokrovskii VV; Briun EA
 SO    Vopr Virusol. 1993 Nov-Dec;38(6):258-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94135956
 AB    Blood sera (316,281 specimens) from registered drug and toxic substance
       addicts were examined revealing no subjects seropositive to HIV. A
       special epidemiological questionnaire was developed and used for
       questioning of 86 drug addicts using drugs prepared domestically by the
       intravenous route. The group included 56 men and 30 women varying in age
       from 17 to 33 years. Lack of registered cases of HIV infection among
       drug addicts in Russia was explained by some peculiar features of using
       drugs. Intravenous inoculation of drugs with the same syringe and needle
       without sterilization, and large numbers of sexual contacts without the
       use of condoms suggest that as soon as HIV gets into this environment it
       will spread very rapidly.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  English Abstract  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  *HIV-1  Male  Narcotic
       Dependence/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Prevalence  Questionnaires  Risk
       Factors  Russia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
       Viral/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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