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World AIDS Day 2017
One in 2 people living with HIV are diagnosed late in the course of their infection. So late, that two out of three people with AIDS in the EU/EEA receive their diagnosis within only three months of discovering they had HIV. For World AIDS Day 2017, ECDC highlighted the problem of late diagnosis and the need for diversifying HIV testing approaches.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Are European HIV cohort data within EuroCoord representative of the diagnosed HIV population?
Vourli, G., Pharris, A., Cazein, F., Costagliola, D., Dabis, F., Del Amo, J., Delpech, V., Diaz, E., Girardi, A., Gourlay, A., Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, B., Hernando, V., Nikolopoulos, G., Porter, K., Rosinska, M., Sabin, C., Suligoi, B. Supervie, V., Wit, F., Touloumi, G.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Potential adjustment methodology for missing data and reporting delay in the HIV surveillance system, European Union/European Economic Area, 2015
Rosinska, M., Pantazis, N., Janiec, J., Pharris, A., Amato-Gauci, A.J., Quinten, C., Schmid, D., Sasse, A., van Beckhoven, D., Varleva, T., Blazic, T.N., Hadjihannas, L., Koliou, M., Maly, M., Cowan, S., Rüütel, K., Liitsola, K., Salminen, M., Cazein, F., Pillonel, J., Lot, F., Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, B., Nikolopoulos, G., Paraskeva, D., Dudas, M., Briem, H., Sigmundsdottir, G., Igoe, D., O’Donnell, K., O’Flanagan, D., Suligoi, B., Konova, Š., Erne, S., Čaplinskienė, I., Schmit, A.F.J.-C., Melillo, J.M., Melillo, T., de Coul, E.O., van Sighem, A., Blystad, H., Rosinska, M., Aldir, I., Martins, H.C., Mardarescu, M., Truska, P., Klavs, I., Diaz, A., Axelsson, M., Delpech, V.
Publication
Syphilis and congenital syphilis in Europe - A review of epidemiological trends (2007–2018) and options for response
Since 2010, syphilis notification rates in the EU/EAA have been on the increase, but in recent years this trend seems to accelerate, predominantly among men having sex with men. Similar trends have been observed in high-income countries outside the EU/EAA. While the overall trend remained relatively stable, outbreaks or clusters of syphilis cases have also been reported among heterosexual populations in the EU/EEA. In several high-income countries (e.g. USA, Japan), increases in congenital syphilis occurred in connection with increases in syphilis notifications among women.
News
Syphilis notifications in the EU/EEA up by 70% since 2010
The number of syphilis cases has been consistently going up across Europe since 2010, mostly affecting men who have sex with men living in urban areas. In 2017, notification rates reached an all-time high in the EU/EEA countries with more than 33 000 reported cases. An in-depth ECDC study published today describes the factors behind this increase and outlines the evidence-based options for public health control of syphilis, including case finding and management as well as educational activities.
News
Targeted testing for viral hepatitis: Europe’s persistent public health challenge
Targeted testing is an essential element of any strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis across the countries in the European Union and European Economic Area. Some preliminary monitoring results on the response to hepatitis B and C presented around World Hepatitis Day show that diagnosing chronic infections is still a challenge in the EU/EEA.