Open AccessRISK FACTORS OF HIV INFECTION AMONG THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE MIGRANT POPULATION OF THE FAR NORTH
Author(s) -
P.V. Istomin,
Истомин П. В,
L. Yu Volova,
Волова Л. Ю,
В В Мефодьев,
Мефодьев Владимир Васильевич,
Алёна Алексеевна Романова,
Романова А. А
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
èpidemiologiâ i infekcionnye bolezni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-3026
pISSN - 1560-9529
DOI - 10.17816/eid40966
Subject(s) - indigenous , population , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , incidence (geometry) , tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , geography , immunology , environmental health , biology , ecology , physics , optics , pathology , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
In the Far North are the most vulnerable to HIV infection by representatives of indigenous peoples living in the national villages, aged 20-29 years old, female. Due to the close relationship between the indigenous inhabitants of possible drift of HIV infection in the community tundra nomadic population. In the group of HIV-positive indigenous peoples in 100% have sexual transmission for migrants - 68,9%. For HIV-infected natives are characterized by a high incidence of sexually transmitted infections, alcoholism, tuberculosis, for alien population - chronic viral hepatitis. In HIV-infected persons indigenous have lower levels of CD4 lymphocytes, CD4/CD8 ratio compared with the migrant population.