Trends in human immunodeficiency virus diagnoses among men who have sex with men in North America, Western Europe, and Australia, 2000-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of the article was to investigate recent trends in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis rates among men who have sex with men (MSM) in high-income countries in North America, Western Europe, and Australia.

Methods

Data on annual rates of HIV diagnoses among MSM aged 15 to 65 years from 2000 to 2014 were collected from 13 high-income countries. Joinpoint regression software was used to empirically determine country-specific trend periods. Trends in HIV diagnosis rates and in the proportion of diagnoses occurring in young MSM aged 15 to 24 years were analyzed using Poisson regression and log-binomial regression, respectively.

Results

Six countries experienced an increasing trend from 2000 to 2007-08 followed by either a stable or declining trend

SUBMITTER: Chapin-Bardales J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8687130 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature