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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE FOR HIV INFECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
Zulxumor Ilmuradovna Berdiyeva , Tashkent Scientific Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums; Republican Center for Combating AIDSAbstract
Currently, in Uzbekistan, the HIV epidemic is in a concentrated stage and is primarily spreading among vulnerable population groups that are at the highest risk of HIV infection. These groups include people who inject drugs (PWID), individuals engaged in commercial sex work (CSW), and men who have sex with men (MSM).
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