A summary report from Amsterdam: increase in sexually transmitted diseases and risky sexual behaviour among homosexual men in relation to the introduction of new anti-HIV drugs

G Stolte; N H T M Dukers; J B F de Wit; H Fennema; R A Coutinho

doi:10.2807/esm.07.02.00346-en

A summary report from Amsterdam: increase in sexually transmitted diseases and risky sexual behaviour among homosexual men in relation to the introduction of new anti-HIV drugs

Euro Surveill. 2002 Feb;7(2):19-22. doi: 10.2807/esm.07.02.00346-en.

Authors

G Stolte¹, N H T M Dukers, J B F de Wit, H Fennema, R A Coutinho

Affiliation

¹ Cluster infectious diseases, AIDS Research, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

PMID: 12631950
DOI: 10.2807/esm.07.02.00346-en

Abstract

The worrying increase of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Amsterdam was investigated in two studies carried out by the department of AIDS research of the municipal health service. The results indicate that the introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapies (HAART) may have had an influence on the increase of STDs and risky sexual behaviours in Amsterdam.

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / prevention & control*
Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
Bisexuality / statistics & numerical data
Comorbidity
HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Homosexuality, Male / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Incidence
Male
Netherlands / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking*
Sexual Behavior / statistics & numerical data*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / drug therapy
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology*

Substances

Anti-HIV Agents