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

• Published in: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 21; no. 48; p. 1
• Main Authors: Pharris, Anastasia, Quinten, Chantal, Noori, Teymur, Amato-Gauci, Andrew J, van Sighem, Ard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 01.12.2016; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
• Subjects: Adult; Estimating techniques; Europe - epidemiology; European Union; Female; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Seroprevalence - trends; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medical diagnosis; Public Health Surveillance - methods; Rapid Communication; Europe; epidemiology; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - AIDS; HIV infection; modelling
• ISSN: 1560-7917; 1025-496X; 1560-7917
• DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.48.30417

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.