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5 . 2017

Viral hepatitis A in HIV-infected men

AbstractOutbreak of viraL hepatitis A (HA) among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) reguLarLy recorded in Europe. In Russia information on the incidence of HA in HIV-infected not avaiLabLe, as these patients are not singLed out from the totaL number of cases HA. The purpose of this study is to anaLyze epidemioLogicaL and cLinicaL data of cases of HA in HIV-infected men. A cLinicaL-epidemioLogicaL anaLysis of 22 cases among HIV-infected men in Moscow confirmed the prevaiLing epidemic situation in HA in EU countries. The necessity of change of the vector of primary prevention with an emphasis on educationaL activities among risk groups and primariLy HIV-infected MSM.

Keywords:viral hepatitis A, HIV infection, men who have sex with men

Infectious Diseases: News, Opinions, Training. 2017; (5): 83-88.
DOI: 10.24411/2305-3496-2017-00090


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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Aleksandr V. Gorelov
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head of Infection Diseases and Epidemiology Department of the Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.A. Semashko ofRussian University of Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases, Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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