Abstract
Lithuania, a Baltic country of approximately 3.5 million people, is marked by low HIV prevalence despite being surrounded by countries that have high HIV prevalence rates (figure 9.1). The number of HIV infections among injection drug users remains low, which contrasts starkly with neighboring countries where the incidence of HIV infection among IDUs has increased sharply in recent years (table 9.1). The influence of neighboring epidemics is impossible to assess in the long term, and therefore the window of opportunity to impact the speed and pattern of transmission in Lithuania is critical.
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Caplinskas, S. (2006). HIV/AIDS in Lithuania. In: Twigg, J.L. (eds) HIV/AIDS in Russia and Eurasia Volume 2. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603400_9
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