[Results of HIV sentinel epidemiological surveillance among sex workers in Osh City of Kyrgyz Republic].

Results of HIV sentinel epidemiological surveillance among sex workers in Osh city in 2005 are presented. Prevalence of HIV-infection, HCV-infection and syphilis among sex workers was 2%, 5.5%, and 15.

[Prevention and control of HIV infection in the Osh region of the Kyrgyz Republic].

A total of 178 cases of HIV infection were diagnosed in the Osh region of the Kyrgyz Republic for January 1, 2003, the intensity of the prevalence of HIV infection being 14.5 per 100,000 of the population with this figure for the whole republic being equal to 5.9.