title: Human immunodeficiency virus in injecting drug users in Europe following a reported increase of cases in Greece and Romania, 2011.
abstract: Greece and Romania reported an increased number of HIV cases among injecting drug users (IDUs) during 2011. Most European countries reported no changes in the rate of newly diagnosed cases of HIV or HIV prevalence in IDUs; however, six countries did report increases and several additional countries reported increases in injecting risk indicators or low coverage of prevention services. These indicate a potential risk for increased HIV transmission and future outbreaks unless adequate prevention is implemented.
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden. anastasia.pharris@ecdc.europa.eu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pharris
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wiessing
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sfetcu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hedrich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botescu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fotiou
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Nikolopoulos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malliori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salminen
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Suk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van de Laar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006678:HIV / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D008297:Male; D016485:Needle Sharing; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous