Publications by authors named "Elena Tsyganova"
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- * There was an increase in the coverage of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy, with 81% of patients achieving a suppressed viral load by 2023.
- * Demographic analysis showed that most new HIV cases were among men, with fewer cases from injection drug use and an increase in heterosexual transmission; the median age of patients also rose, revealing significant differences in CD4 counts based on gender and infection route.
Russia remains one of the areas most affected by HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The aim of this study was to analyze HIV infection indicators and study trends in Russia using data from the Federal Statistic Form No. 61 "Information about HIV infection".
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: HIV-infection is known to aggravate the course of many infectious diseases, including COVID-19. International guidance recommends vaccination of HIV+ individuals against SARS-CoV-2. There is a paucity of data on epidemiological efficacy assessment of COVID-19 vaccines among HIV+.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is probably the most studied one in history from both clinical and molecular-epidemiological perspectives. Nonetheless, data on the correlation between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral genotypes and COVID-19 symptoms caused by them are still scarce. In this report, we present a moderately severe COVID-19 case in a healthcare worker in Moscow, Russia, supplemented with the data on its causative agent's phenotype regarding and full-genome characterization.
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