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. 2010 Aug;11(7):479-81.
doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2009.00810.x. Epub 2010 Feb 1.

HIV and people over 50 years old in Europe

J V Lazarus  1 , K K Nielsen
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HIV and people over 50 years old in Europe

J V Lazarus et al. HIV Med. 2010 Aug.
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Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to report on HIV and older people in the European Region, including new data stratified by subregion and year.

Methods: Data were collected from the 2008 World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Communicable Diseases Unit survey on HIV/AIDS and health systems.

Results: It was found that 12.9% of newly reported cases of HIV infection in Western Europe in 2007 were in people aged 50 years or older. In Central Europe, almost one-in-10 newly reported cases of HIV infection were in older people, while the proportion in Eastern Europe was 3.7% in 2007.

Conclusions: The issue of HIV infection among older people is of increasing concern as more people age with HIV infection as a result of the availability of combination antiretroviral therapy.

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