November 30, 2016.
According to the latest epidemiological point published Tuesday, November 29 by Santé Publique France, the number of cases of sexually transmitted infections increased in 2015.
Gay men are the most affected
According to the weekly epidemiological bulletin of Public Health France, in 2015, the number of cases of syphilis and gonococcal infections continued to increase, especially among men who have sex with men (MSM). In this category of the population, an increase of 100% was observed for infections by the gonococcus, compared to 2013, of 56% for early syphilis and 47% for rectal bacterial infections, due to chlamydia.
Homosexual men alone accounted for 80% of all syphilis cases, nearly 70% of gonorrhea cases diagnosed in 2015 and almost all rectal LGV. ” The number of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has been increasing since the early 2000s “, Lamented Florence Lot, epidemiologist at Public Health France.
The number of HIV cases stagnates at a high level
If we look at the side of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), researchers identified 6,000 diagnoses of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2015. Here again, the people most concerned are homosexual men. (43% of all new cases) and heterosexuals born in a country in sub-Saharan Africa.
” The number of discoveries of seropositivity still does not decrease among MSM, unlike what is observed among heterosexuals, men or women, whether born in France or abroad. », Explains the health agency. But how to explain this stagnation? According to the researchers it is due to ” an increase in risky sexual behavior “. Against sexually transmitted infections, the condom remains the best defense.
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