Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 48, 28 November 2013
Rapid communications
Surveillance of human immunodeficiency virus suggests that younger men who have sex with men are at higher risk of infection, European Union, 2003 to 2012
J Janiec <SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, K Haar<SUP>1</SUP>, G Spiteri<SUP>1</SUP>, G Likatavicius<SUP>1</SUP>, M Van de Laar <SUP>1</SUP>, A Amato<SUP>1</SUP>
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<SUP>1</SUP>European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden; 2 National Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland
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Citation style for this article: Janiec J, Haar K, Spiteri G, Likatavicius G, Van de Laar M, Amato A. Surveillance of human immunodeficiency virus suggests that younger men who have sex with men are at higher risk of infection, European Union, 2003 to 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(48)
ii=20644. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20644
Date of submission: 19 November 2013
ii=20644. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20644 Date of submission: 19 November 2013
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In 2012, newly reported human immunodeficiency virus diagnoses in the European Union /European Economic Area remained stable at around 30,000 cases. Since 2003, cases in men who have sex with men (MSM) aged 20 to 29 years-old doubled, while the proportion of late presenters in this group remained stable. Persistent declines occurred among older MSM age groups, particularly that between 30 and 39 years-old. Interventions targeting younger MSM are needed to prevent a resurgence of the epidemic in Europe.
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