Open AccessTrends in registered HIV/AIDS cases in the Netherlands: rising number of immigrants with HIV
Author(s) -
E Op de Coul,
Irene G. M. van Valkengoed,
Ard van Sighem,
F de Wolf,
Marita van de Laar
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.11.02406-en
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , life expectancy , immigration , antiretroviral therapy , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , virology , environmental health , viral load , population , geography , sociology , archaeology , engineering , electrical engineering
The HIV epidemic in the Netherlands is changing as a result of increasing life expectancy due to the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) since 1996, and a shift from homosexual to heterosexual transmission that is associated with rising numbers of HIV infected immigrants.