Absence of viral transmission in injecting drug users in Russia

At least 100 000 cases of HIV-1 infection had been identified in Russia by March 2001, more than 90% of which were associated with injected-drug use. [...]70–90% of injecting drug users in Russia are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV genetic subtypes 3a and la dominate among young injecting...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2001-09, Vol.358 (9286), p.1016-1017
Main Authors: Bobkov, Aleksei F, Samokhvalov, Evgeny I, Lvov, Dmitry K, Bobkova, Marina R, Pokrovsky, Vadim V, Weber, Jonathan N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Drug abuse
Drug use
Hepacivirus - genetics
Hepatitis C - epidemiology
Hepatitis C - transmission
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - transmission
HIV-1 - genetics
Humans
Hypodermic needles
Leukemia
Needle exchange programs
Russia - epidemiology
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Viruses
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Summary:At least 100 000 cases of HIV-1 infection had been identified in Russia by March 2001, more than 90% of which were associated with injected-drug use. [...]70–90% of injecting drug users in Russia are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV genetic subtypes 3a and la dominate among young injecting drug users in western Europe, whereas subtype 1b is rare in individuals younger than 20 years presumed to have been infected through drug use.4 By contrast, HCV genetic subtypes 1b and 3a are the most prevalent among injecting drug users in Russia. [...]up to 13% of injecting drug users in western Europe are infected with the human T-cell leukaemia virus type II,5 whereas this virus is not present at all in this risk group in Russia.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06146-3