RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Relation between the HIV and the re-emerging syphilis epidemic among MSM in Germany: an analysis based on anonymous surveillance data
JF Sexually Transmitted Infections
JO Sex Transm Infect
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 456
OP 457
DO 10.1136/sti.2005.014555
VO 81
IS 6
A1 U Marcus
A1 C Kollan
A1 V Bremer
A1 O Hamouda
YR 2005
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/81/6/456.abstract
AB In 2003, for the first time since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the number of newly diagnosed HIV infections in Germany increased considerably compared to the previous year. The increase was largely restricted to men who have sex with men (MSM) from larger cities. In this group the number of newly diagnosed HIV infections increased about 30% compared to 2002. Since the late 1990s syphilis infections among MSM also increased in Germany, concentrated in larger cities.