Germany: More HIV diagnoses by rising numbers of refugees
Germany: More HIV diagnoses by rising numbers of refugees
The number of new HIV diagnoses has increased in Germany, reports the Robert Koch Institute. There are several reasons - the increasing number of refugees.
In Germany again get more people said that they have been infected with the HI virus. The (RKI) According to the Robert Koch Institute 3525 new diagnoses were reported in the past year nationwide - an increase of seven percent over the previous year. This emerges from a report published on Monday report produced by the RKI. One reason for this is therefore the increasing number of refugees.
"A large proportion of them come from countries where HIV is most frequently", said the German AIDS Help. The transmission have mostly taken place in the country of origin. "It reflects rising number of refugees in the HIV diagnosis numbers," said the organization. This also explain the relatively strong increase in the group of heterosexuals. The number of new diagnoses had risen by around 30 per cent with them last year.
Virus diagnosed most frequently in Berlin
The number of new HIV diagnoses, the RKI has published must not be confused with the number of new infections. She does not allow direct conclusions about the infection process in Germany, but only indicates how many people were in this country tested HIV positive for the first time. Most of them have been infected several years ago.
After RKI to the relative proportion of new diagnoses of sub-Saharan Africa grew by 10 people in the south to 15 percent. The majority of infections that have affected suffered abroad, thus also occurred there.
The relative proportion of new HIV diagnoses in people of German descent fell accordingly from 68 to 64 percent. In a nationwide comparison, the virus in Berlin was the most common newly diagnosed last year. There were 12.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants - more than in any other federal state. The lowest was the value in Thuringia (1.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). Nationwide there were an average of 4.4.
The increase in reported diagnoses is due, according to RKI in part to improvements in data collection.
The number of new HIV diagnoses has increased in Germany, reports the Robert Koch Institute. There are several reasons - the increasing number of refugees.
In Germany again get more people said that they have been infected with the HI virus. The (RKI) According to the Robert Koch Institute 3525 new diagnoses were reported in the past year nationwide - an increase of seven percent over the previous year. This emerges from a report published on Monday report produced by the RKI. One reason for this is therefore the increasing number of refugees.
"A large proportion of them come from countries where HIV is most frequently", said the German AIDS Help. The transmission have mostly taken place in the country of origin. "It reflects rising number of refugees in the HIV diagnosis numbers," said the organization. This also explain the relatively strong increase in the group of heterosexuals. The number of new diagnoses had risen by around 30 per cent with them last year.
Virus diagnosed most frequently in Berlin
The number of new HIV diagnoses, the RKI has published must not be confused with the number of new infections. She does not allow direct conclusions about the infection process in Germany, but only indicates how many people were in this country tested HIV positive for the first time. Most of them have been infected several years ago.
After RKI to the relative proportion of new diagnoses of sub-Saharan Africa grew by 10 people in the south to 15 percent. The majority of infections that have affected suffered abroad, thus also occurred there.
The relative proportion of new HIV diagnoses in people of German descent fell accordingly from 68 to 64 percent. In a nationwide comparison, the virus in Berlin was the most common newly diagnosed last year. There were 12.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants - more than in any other federal state. The lowest was the value in Thuringia (1.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). Nationwide there were an average of 4.4.
The increase in reported diagnoses is due, according to RKI in part to improvements in data collection.
