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2009-10-02Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/426
Piloting second generation HIV surveillance in Berlin, Germany, 2005 - 2007
dc.contributor.authorBätzing-Feigenbaum, Jörg
dc.contributor.authorLoschen, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorGohlke-Micknis, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorZimmermann, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorKücherer, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorHamouda, Osamah
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T13:27:09Z
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dc.date.created2009-12-07
dc.date.issued2009-10-02none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/regZ53HyXEDKU/PDF/20JbSlQi9G9M.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/501
dc.description.abstractMen having sex with men (MSM) are by far the transmission-risk-category most affected by HIV in Berlin and were investigated in this pilot-study with the aim to identify detailed risk- and prevention-behaviours in recently infected persons. From November, 2005 - February, 2007, venous blood samples were taken from patients in Berlin aged ≥18 years within 3 months after diagnosis of HIV-infection and tested with BED IgG-capture-ELISA (BED-CEIA) to differentiate between longstanding and recent HIV-infections dating back no longer than 140 days from blood sampling. Data on knowledge, attitudes, behaviour and practices (“KABP-survey”) relating to HIV/AIDS, were collected anonymously by structured patients’ questionnaires, accomplished by demographic data via additional questionnaires filled by the physicians. SPSS 15.0 was used for data analysis. This sub-analysis includes 37 MSM with confirmed recently acquired HIV infection. Mean age was 34 years (20 - 53). Good knowledge on HIV/AIDS in Germany and transmission risks was present in most cases; nevertheless unprotected sexual contacts were indicated by 90% of recently HIV-infected MSM (independent from type of intercourse and partners’ sero-status) with 64% reporting unprotected anal intercourse. Unprotected anal intercourse with a person they knew to be infected with HIV was stated by 19% of cases. In 5% drugs/alcohol and in 48% (n = 18/37) uncertain HIV-related knowledge, hope and beliefs about transmission risks were stated as reasons for unprotected sex. Almost half of recently infected MSM in this pilot-study were infected because hope and beliefs on HIV-transmission-risks had guided their personal decisions on HIV-prevention efforts. Limitations due to a small study population, lack of HIV-negative-tested controls and selection bias should be optimised in future studies; however, the findings have strong implications for amending prevention messages in Germany addressing MSM.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
dc.subjectHIVeng
dc.subjectKABP-surveyeng
dc.subjectBED-CEIAeng
dc.subjectsecond-generation HIV surveillanceeng
dc.subjectrecency of infectioneng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titlePiloting second generation HIV surveillance in Berlin, Germany, 2005 - 2007
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.subtitleRisk profile of recently acquired HIV infections in MSM
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-1003165
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/426
local.edoc.container-titleJournal of AIDS and HIV Research
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