title: Human immunodeficiency virus among people who inject drugs: is risk increasing in Europe?
abstract: In most European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries, between 2010 and 2012, reports of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses among people who inject drugs have been stable or declining. HIV outbreaks in Greece and Romania, first reported in 2011, continue and economic conditions hinder provision of effective response coverage. When measured against some established thresholds, prevention coverage remains inadequate in at least one-third of EU/EEA countries. Urgent consideration to scale up prevention efforts is merited.
authors.affiliation: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hedrich
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalamara
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sfetcu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pharris
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noor
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wiessing
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hope
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van de Laar
mesh_terms: D055030:Drug Users / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005062:European Union / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*