HIV INFECTION IN ST. PETERSBURG
Presented was the data on the incidence of HIV infection in St. Petersburg for a 15-year period and analyzed were the features of its dissemination in recent years. The main cause of death of AIDS patients is generalized tuberculosis, and out of concomitant disease - chronic viral hepatitis in a cirrhotic stage. Shown was the expediency of expanding the indications for screening for HIV for the timely administration of antiretroviral therapy.