Estimating HIV incidence and number of undiagnosed individuals living with HIV in the European union/ European economic area, 2015
Date
2016Author
Pharris, AnastasiaQuinten, C.
Noori, T.
Amato-Gauci, A. J.
Sighem, A. van
Schmid, D.
Rueckerl, I.
Zangerle, R.
Sasse, A.
Beckhoven, D. van
Denauw, F.
Varleva, T.
Georgieva, V.
Blazic, T. N.
Pavlic, J.
Begovac, J.
Koliou, M.
Hadjihannas, L.
Demetriou, A.
Maly, M.
Šikolová, V.
Cowan, Susan
Fouchard, J.
Rüütel, K.
Pääsukene, A. L.
Liitsola, K.
Salminen, M.
Brummer-Korvenkontio, H.
Cazein, F.
Pillonel, J.
Lot, F.
Comboroure, J.-C.
Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Barbara
Heiden, M. A. Der
Kupfer, G.
Marcus, U.
Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.
Paraskeva, D.
Konte, Vasileia
Dudas, M.
Szalay, K.
Briem, H.
Sigmundsdottir, G.
Igoe, D.
O’Donnell, K.
Hurley, C.
Lyons, F.
Suligoi, B.
Caraglia, A.
Konova, S.
Erne, S.
Caplinskiene, I.
Fischer, A.
Hoffmann, P.
Melillo, J. M.
Melillo, T.
Coul, Eline Op de
David, S.
Blystad, H.
Myrberg, A. J.
Rosinska, M.
Wawer, I.
Mansinho, K.
Martins, H. C.
Melillo, T.
Mardarescu, Mariana
Truska, P.
Mikas, J.
Klavs, I.
Diaz, Alejandro
Nuñez, O.
Castillo, O.
Avdicova, Maria
Sonnerborg, A.
Kirwan, P.
Chau, C.
Okala, S.
Brown, A.
Delpech, Valerie
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EurosurveillanceVolume
21Issue
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Since 2011, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence appears unchanged in the European Union/ European Economic Area with between 29,000 and 33,000 new cases reported annually up to 2015. Despite evidence that HIV diagnosis is occurring earlier post-infection, the estimated number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) who were unaware of being infected in 2015 was 122,000, or 15% of all PLHIV (n=810,000). This is concerning as such individuals cannot benefit from highly effective treatment and may unknowingly sustain transmission. © 2016, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.