The epidemic situation in relation to HIV infection in the Volga River region
Nosov, N.N.; Al'tova, E.E.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 1: 24-26
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 10096191 Document Number: 505235
1,036 HIV-infected persons were detected in the area by March 1, 1998; of these, 552 persons were detected in Nizhny Novgorod Province and 364 persons in Saratov Province. For all that at different periods 150 HIV-infected detainees were kept in the pretrial detention prisons of Nizhny Novgorod Province and 60 HIV-infected detainees, in the pretrial detention prisons of Saratov Province. Some measures permitting the prevention of further increase in the occurrence of HIV infection in the region are proposed.