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. 2016 Dec 1;21(48):30417.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.48.30417.

Estimating HIV incidence and number of undiagnosed individuals living with HIV in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2015

Anastasia Pharris  1 , Chantal Quinten  1 , Teymur Noori  1 , Andrew J Amato-Gauci  1 , Ard van Sighem  2 ; ECDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Dublin Declaration Monitoring Networks  3
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Estimating HIV incidence and number of undiagnosed individuals living with HIV in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2015

Anastasia Pharris et al. Euro Surveill. .

Abstract

Since 2011, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence appears unchanged in the European Union/European Economic Area with between 29,000 and 33,000 new cases reported annually up to 2015. Despite evidence that HIV diagnosis is occurring earlier post-infection, the estimated number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) who were unaware of being infected in 2015 was 122,000, or 15% of all PLHIV (n=810,000). This is concerning as such individuals cannot benefit from highly effective treatment and may unknowingly sustain transmission.

Keywords: HIV infection; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - AIDS; epidemiology; modelling.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Estimated human immunodeficiency virus incidence by year, European Union/European Economic Area, 2011–2015
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Average time from infection to diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus by year, European Union/European Economic Area, 2011–2015
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