Potential reasons for the decline of new HIV cases among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Kyrgyzstan

Ainura Moldokmatova; Wirichada Pan-Ngum; Proochista Ariana; Caroline Franco; Ricardo Aguas; Chynarkul Zhumalieva; Zhursunai Asangozhoeva; Lisa White

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0348970

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Potential reasons for the decline of new HIV cases among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Kyrgyzstan

Ainura Moldokmatova ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: ainura.moldokmatova@ndm.ox.ac.uk, amoldokmatova@gmail.com

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-3737

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Wirichada Pan-Ngum,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Proochista Ariana,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Caroline Franco,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8424-9396

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Ricardo Aguas,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Chynarkul Zhumalieva,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Republican Centre for Bloodborne Viral Hepatitis and HIV Control, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4008-6634

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Zhursunai Asangozhoeva,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Republican Centre for Bloodborne Viral Hepatitis and HIV Control, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4326-2791

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Lisa White

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-185X

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Potential reasons for the decline of new HIV cases among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Kyrgyzstan

Ainura Moldokmatova,
Wirichada Pan-Ngum,
Proochista Ariana,
Caroline Franco,
Ricardo Aguas,
Chynarkul Zhumalieva,
Zhursunai Asangozhoeva,
Lisa White

Published: May 26, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348970

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