Continuing high levels of HIV diagnoses in men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom

B Rice; A Nardone; N Gill; V Delpech

doi:10.2807/ese.13.14.08085-en

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Continuing high levels of HIV diagnoses in men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom
B Rice¹ , A Nardone¹ , N Gill¹ , V Delpech¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department HIV/STI, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

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A Nardone
anthony.nardone hpa.org.uk
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Citation style for this article: Rice B, Nardone A, Gill N, Delpech V. Continuing high levels of HIV diagnoses in men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(14):pii=8085. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.14.08085-en

Abstract

The latest HIV data for 2007 has recently been published for the United Kingdom (UK). During the year, an estimated 6,840 (95% confidence intervals 6,600-7,050) persons (adjusted for reporting delays) were newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK. This represents a 12% decline from a peak of new HIV diagnoses reported in 2005 (7,800). Almost all this decline in new HIV diagnoses was in HIV-infected heterosexuals from sub-Saharan Africa who were probably infected in their country of origin.