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Since October 2015 up to September 2016, HIV diagnoses fell by 32% compared with October 2014–September 2015 among men who have sex with men (MSM) attending selected London sexual health clinics. This coincided with high HIV testing volumes and rapid initiation of treatment on diagnosis. The fall was most apparent in new HIV testers. Intensified testing of high-risk populations, combined with immediately received anti-retroviral therapy and a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme, may make elimination of HIV achievable.

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Fall in new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) at selected London sexual health clinics since early 2015: testing or treatment or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)?
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Alison+E+Brown&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Brown Alison E</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hamish+Mohammed&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mohammed Hamish</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dana+Ogaz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ogaz Dana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Peter+D+Kirwan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kirwan Peter D</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mandy+Yung&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Yung Mandy</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sophie+G+Nash&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nash Sophie G</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Martina+Furegato&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Furegato Martina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gwenda+Hughes&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hughes Gwenda</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nicky+Connor&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Connor Nicky</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Valerie+C+Delpech&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Delpech Valerie C</a>, <a href="/search?value1=O+Noel+Gill&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gill O Noel</a></span>. Fall in new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) at selected London sexual health clinics since early 2015: testing or treatment or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)?. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(25):pii=30553. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.25.30553" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.25.30553</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 12 Jun 2017;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 20 Jun 2017 </span> </p>
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