title: [HIV/AIDS in The Netherlands: improved treatment possibilities necessitate HIV instead of AIDS surveillance].
abstract: An abrupt decrease of the number of reported new AIDS cases took place in the first half of 1997 in the Netherlands. This decrease was most prominent in homosexual/bisexual men and intravenous drug users, and less conspicuous in heterosexual men and women. The number of heterosexual patients with a non-Dutch nationality even increased compared with the first half of 1996. The most probable explanation of these observations is the introduction of improved treatment possibilities for HIV-infected people starting July 1996, which lead to a longer incubation period. Owing to these developments monitoring the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Netherlands will depend more and more on HIV status surveillance instead of on registration of new AIDS cases.
authors.affiliation: Rijksinstituut voor Volkgezondheid en Milieu, Centrum voor Infectieziekten Epidemiologie, BA Bilthoven.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Termorshuizen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Houweling
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D020010:Heterosexuality; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents