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Epidemiology of STI and HIV: An Overview of Concentration and Geographical and Temporal Dispersion

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Abstract

There is marked variation in the burden of disease due to STI and HIV that is experienced by different communities, and this burden changes over time. There is enormous variation in the burden of HIV both between countries [1] and within countries, with some groups (e.g., MSM, IDU) affected much more heavily than others. Even within risk groups there can be considerable variation. For this reason, it is argued that “Planning an intervention to prevent [HIV] infections … should be guided by local epidemiological and socioeconomic conditions … [including] risk behaviour, attitudes to risk, prevalence of cofactor STIs, stage of the HIV epidemic, existing health services.” [2].

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