| Title | The role of injection drug use in the emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in Estonia. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Uusküla, Anneli, Aneli Kalikova, Kai Zilmer, Lea Tammai, and Jack Dehovitz |
| Journal | International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 23-7 |
| Date Published | 2002 Mar |
| ISSN | 1201-9712 |
| Keywords | Communicable Diseases, Emerging, Disease Notification, Disease Outbreaks, Estonia, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Incidence, Male, Population Surveillance, Substance Abuse, Intravenous |
| Abstract | This article reviews the marked increase in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among injection drug users (IDU) in Estonia, a former Soviet Union republic bordering the Baltic Sea. HIV infection associated with injecting drug use has been reported worldwide. In Eastern Europe large-scale HIV epidemics have been observed from 1995 onward, after injection drug use (IDU) communities became infected. |
| Alternate Journal | Int. J. Infect. Dis. |
