HIV Drug Resistance Pattern Due to Migration in Poland

According to the Polish governmental statistics migration of people from Ukraine to Poland is growing and only in year 2020 have come to Poland about a quarter of a million of Ukrainian migrants. As well, more than 40% of those diagnosed with HIV infection in the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) in 2018 were also migrants, originating from countries with generalized HIV epidemics, such as Ukraine. Antiretroviral treatment should be started, based, among others, on epidemiological data and evidence of presence of drug resistance mutations in a the population.