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  • Title: [HIV-infection and AIDS in the Netherlands: prevalence and incidence, 1987-2001].
    Author: Op de Coul EL, Beuker RJ, Prins M, Fennema JS, van der Meijden WI, Coutinho RA, van de Laar MJ.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 2003 May 31; 147(22):1071-6. PubMed ID: 12814020.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To describe the results of HIV-surveillance activities in the Netherlands between 1987 and 2001. DESIGN: Descriptive. METHOD: Data were obtained from HIV-surveillance at STI-clinics, laboratory-surveillance in the region Arnhem, surveillance among injecting drug users, the AIDS-notification, STI-registration and the Amsterdam cohort studies on HIV/AIDS. RESULTS: In the Netherlands, the highest HIV-prevalences were found among injecting drug users (1-26%) and homo- and bisexual men (0-17%). In these high-risk populations, an increase in HIV-prevalence and--incidence, respectively, was found among injecting drug users in Heerlen and homosexual men (> 35 years of age) in Amsterdam. The HIV-prevalence was lower among heterosexuals in the Netherlands (0-2%). However, in certain local populations an increase was seen. In both Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the HIV-prevalence was higher in individuals tested anonymously than in those tested by name. CONCLUSION: Local increases in HIV-infections have been observed recently, in both high- and medium-risk populations.
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