title: The HIV infection in Europe: large East-West disparity.
abstract: In 2001, western Europe faces an endemic situation for AIDS (22.8 cases per million population) and for HIV infection (54.9 cases per million), the most affected groups remaining injecting drug users and the homo/bisexual men. However, numbers of new HIV diagnoses are increasing among persons infected through heterosexual contact. Central Europe have been relatively spared, with AIDS incidence under 6 cases per million per year, and new HIV diagnoses between 7 and 10 cases per million. On the other hand, eastern Europe shows an epidemic increase in the number of newly diagnosed HIV infections (233 cases in 1994, around 100,000 reported cases in 2001, ie 349 cases per million population) affecting all countries.
authors.affiliation: EuroHIV, Infectious Disease Unit, Institut de veille sanitaire, Public Health Institute, Saint-Maurice, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Semaille
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alix
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Downs
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Hamers
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications