@article {1107, title = {Estimates of HIV incidence among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: continued growth of a rapidly expanding epidemic.}, journal = {European journal of public health}, volume = {21}, year = {2011}, month = {2011 Oct}, pages = {613-9}, abstract = {Russia has one of the world{\textquoteright}s fastest growing HIV epidemics and it has been largely concentrated among injection drug users (IDU). St Petersburg, Russia{\textquoteright}s second largest city, is one of the country{\textquoteright}s regions that has been most affected by the HIV epidemic. To monitor the current epidemic situation, we sought to estimate recent HIV incidence among IDU in St Petersburg.}, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Behavior, Addictive, Cohort Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Demography, Female, HIV, HIV Infections, Humans, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Russia, Socioeconomic Factors, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Urban Population, Young Adult}, issn = {1464-360X}, doi = {10.1093/eurpub/ckq115}, author = {Niccolai, Linda M and Verevochkin, Sergei V and Toussova, Olga V and White, Edward and Barbour, Russell and Kozlov, Andrei P and Heimer, Robert} }