The dynamic change in HIV subtype distribution presents future challenges for diagnosis,
treatment and vaccine design and development. An increase in recombinant viruses …

Combined HIV antiretroviral therapy (cART) has been effective except if drug resistance
emerges. As cART has been rolled out in low-income countries, drug resistance has …

This research examined minority stress and mental health in Russian lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender (LGBT) people in young and middle adulthood (18–50 years; N= 1,127) …

With no expected vaccine for HIV in the near future, we aimed to define the current situation
and challenges for pre-and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP) in Central and …

Background HIV outbreaks in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries were characterized
by repeated transmission of the HIV variant AFSU, which is now classified as a distinct …

Kyrgyzstan has one of the highest rates of HIV-1 spread in Central Asia. In this study, we
used molecular–epidemiological approaches to examine the HIV-1 epidemic in Kyrgyzstan …

Russia has one of the largest and fastest growing HIV epidemics. However, epidemiological
data are scarce. Sub-subtype A6 is most prevalent in Russia but its identification is …

More than a quarter of HIV‐infected individuals registered in Russia live in Siberia. Unlike
Central Russia where HIV‐1 subtype A6 is predominant, in most Siberian regions since …

HIV incidence in Kazakhstan increased by 73% between 2010 and 2020, with an estimated
35,000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) in 2020. The development of antiretroviral drug …

In recent years, especially as a result of war in Ukraine, enormous movements of migration
to Poland from eastern European countries have been reported, including people living with …