%0 Journal Article
%T Caracter¨ªsticas epidemiol¨®gicas de las nuevas infecciones causadas por el VIH comparadas con los casos de sida: La epidemia de VIH/ sida en el Pa¨ªs Vasco
%A Zulaika
%A Daniel
%A Agirrebengoa
%A Koldo
%A And¨ªa
%A Ander
%A Arrizabalaga
%A Julio
%A Bustillo
%A Jos¨¦ Mar¨ªa
%A C¨¢mara
%A Mari Mar
%A Corral
%A Jes¨²s
%A Orive
%A Mari Carmen
%A Goikoetxea
%A Julio
%A Iribarren
%A Jos¨¦ Antonio
%A L¨®pez de Munain
%A Josefina
%A Lorenzo
%A Jos¨¦ Manuel
%A Mart¨ªn Gudino
%A Mar¨ªa Jos¨¦
%A Mart¨ªnez
%A Eduardo
%A Mayo
%A Jos¨¦
%A Portu
%A Joseba
%A Rodr¨ªguez
%A Francisco Javier
%A Silvari£¿o
%A Rafael
%A Zubero
%A Zuri£¿a
%J Gaceta Sanitaria
%D 2004
%I Ediciones Doyma, S.L.
%R 10.1590/S0213-91112004000200010
%X objective: to describe the epidemiological characteristics of new cases of hiv infection diagnosed from 1997-2001 and compare them with aids cases (1991-2001). methods: data were retrospectively collected on new cases of hiv infection detectad in the basque country (1997-2001) and were compared with aids cases (1991-2001). results: a total of 912 new cases of hiv infection were diagnosed. in 299 of the new cases (32.8%), hiv and aids were diagnosed simultaneously. the most common mechanism of transmission was heterosexual transmission, followed by intravenous and homo/bisexual transmission. significant epidemiological differences (p<0.001) were found with regard to aids cases. conclusions: sexual transmission has replaced intravenous drug use as the most common mechanism of hiv transmission. a large percentage of patients were simultaneously diagnosed with hiv and aids, indicating the need for new prevention strategies.
%K epidemiology
%K surveillance
%K hiv infections
%K aids
%K basque country.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0213-91112004000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en