RECENTLY ACQUIRED HIV INFECTION IN MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM) IN FRANCE, 2003-2008

• Published in: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 14; no. 48; pp. 76 - 79
• Main Authors: SEMAILLE, Caroline, CAZEIN, F, LOT, F, PITTONEL, J, LE VU, S, LE STRAT, Y, BOUSQUET, V, VELTER, A, BARIN, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Saint-Maurice Centre européen pour la surveillance épidémiologique du sida 03.12.2009
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; France - epidemiology; General aspects; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data; Human viral diseases; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation; Population Surveillance; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; France; Europe; Infection; Human; Immunopathology; Homosexuality; Viral disease; Male; AIDS; Sanitary surveillance; Immune deficiency; Public health

An increase in the number of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) has been observed in several countries in the early 2000s. In this article, we explore the trends in MSM in France between 2003 and 2008. To estimate the number of MSM newly diagnosed with HIV, we take into account...