The genetic diversity and genotypic drug susceptibility of HIV-1 strains circulating in the Republic of Georgia, formerly part of the Soviet Union, were investigated for first time. Forty-eight HIV-positive drug-naive Georgian individuals contributed PBMC DNA between 1998 and 2003. On the basis of phylogenetic analyses of partial pol sequences, the predominant HIV-1 genetic forms were subtype A...

BACKGROUND Injection drug use remains a major risk factor for HIV transmission in Georgia. The study aims to characterize the prevalence of HIV among injection drug users in Georgia. METHODS A cross-sectional, anonymous bio-behavioural survey to assess knowledge and behaviour in injection drug users in combination with laboratory testing on HIV status was conducted in five Georgian cities (Tb...

Georgian is one of several languages which allows consonant sequences not predicted by the Sonority Sequencing Principle (SSP). The goal of the present study is to formulate a new generalization regarding consonant sequencing in Georgian, one not necessarily relying on the SSP. This generalization refers to observed preferences for combinations of certain feature specifications in the sequences...

By the mid-1990s, Georgia had lost de facto jurisdiction in most of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Over time, informal trade originating during wartime burgeoned into networks of profit, enlisting a broad spectrum of actors. Scholars have suggested that networks of profit should either eventually harden into state institutions or weaken the state as a result of the economics of deliberate violence...

In this paper, I give an overview of an ongoing project which aims at building a full-scale computational grammar for Georgian in the Lexical Functional Grammar framework and try to illustrate both practical and theoretical aspects of grammar development. The rich and complex morphology of the language is a major challenge when building a computational grammar for Georgian that is meant to be m...

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