Abstract
The paper reviews issues of drug use in the spread of HIV infection through sexual and injection routes, interaction of drug addicts with the general population, the main psychoactive substances used by drug addicts, the practices that contribute to the transmission of HIV from a drug addict to a healthy person, the representation of drug addicts in risk groups, the course of infections among injecting drug users (IDUs), treatment of drug use and infections in IDUs. The role of drug addiction in maintaining the HIV epidemic is shown. It is observed that people involved in seafaring are in high-risk area by drug addiction as well as by spread of HIV infection. Marine regions are among the most affected.
Highlights
The paper reviews issues of drug use in the spread of HIV infection through sexual and injection routes, interaction of drug addicts with the general population, the main psychoactive substances used by drug addicts, the practices that contribute to the transmission of HIV from a drug addict to a healthy person, the representation of drug addicts in risk groups, the course of infections among injecting drug users (IDUs), treatment of drug use and infections in IDUs
It is observed that people involved in seafaring are in high-risk area by drug addiction as well as by spread of HIV infection
Роль принимающих инъекционные наркотики (ПИН) в течение всего эпидемического процесса является наиболее опасной как по количеству источников инфицирования — наркоманов, так и по возможности их попадания в каждую социальную, производственную, гендерную и возрастную среду
Summary
The paper reviews issues of drug use in the spread of HIV infection through sexual and injection routes, interaction of drug addicts with the general population, the main psychoactive substances used by drug addicts, the practices that contribute to the transmission of HIV from a drug addict to a healthy person, the representation of drug addicts in risk groups, the course of infections among injecting drug users (IDUs), treatment of drug use and infections in IDUs. For citation: Simakina O.E., Belyakov N.A., Rassokhin V.V., Khalezova N.B. Drug use in the spread and forming of epidemic of infectious diseases // Marine medicine. Вместе с тем одновременно с постепенным увеличением числа ПИН, инфицированных ВГС, растет частота инфицирования вирусами гепатитов половым путем, что характерно для коинфекции с ВИЧ и представляет дополнительные эпидемиологические и медицинские проблемы.
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