HIV-positive Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00669806%3A_____%2F23%3A10467110" target="_blank" >RIV/00669806:_____/23:10467110 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61383082:_____/23:00001330 RIV/00216224:14110/23:00132903 RIV/61988987:17110/23:A2402NL0 RIV/00216208:11110/23:10467110 and 5 more
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=1S_s6vZjm2" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=1S_s6vZjm2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003633" target="_blank" >10.1097/QAD.0000000000003633</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
HIV-positive Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Objective: Over 480 000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the Czech Republic since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, including over 500 people with HIV. This study describes the demographics, characteristics, and management of Ukrainian refugees with HIV in the Czech Republic. Design: Retrospective, observational, noninterventional study. Methods: Ukrainian nationals registering at HIV centers in the Czech Republic with war refugee status were included. Data were collected from medical records between 1 March and 31 July 2022. The study was registered with the Czech State Institute for Drug Control, ID number 2301200000. Results: Four hundred and eighty-two patients were included in the study. Most patients were female (69.5%; n = 335/482) with well-controlled HIV. The median [interquartile range] CD4+ cell count was 597 [397] cells/μl of blood, and 79.3% (n = 361/455) of patients had HIV RNA <40 copies/ml. Coinfections of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, and/or tuberculosis were reported for 17.4% (n = 78/449), 9% (n = 40/446) and 1.3% (n = 6/446) of patients, respectively. In Ukraine, 85.7% (n = 384/448) of patients had been receiving an integrase strand transfer inhibitor-based regimen and most (69.7%; n = 310/445) did not switch therapy upon arrival in the Czech Republic. Conclusion:Migration from Ukraine is changing the characteristics of HIV epidemiology in the Czech Republic. Ukrainian refugees with HIV have been provided with a high standard of medical care in the Czech Republic. Improved coordination between medical services within the Czech Republic and between countries in the European Union is necessary to optimize patient care.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30303 - Infectious Diseases
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
AIDS
ISSN
0269-9370
e-ISSN
1473-5571
Volume of the periodical
37
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1811-1818
UT code for WoS article
001059025700007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85169181308