'First downturn'Valerie Delpech, head of HIV surveillance for Public Health England, said: "What we are seeing is the first downturn of the HIV epidemic in gay men." 'All weapons'Dr Michael Brady, medical director of Terrence Higgins Trust, said after years of high rates of HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men, such a sharp drop in England was "remarkable". Among heterosexuals, who are not included in the Prep trial, new HIV diagnoses did not fall - staying at about 1,500. New HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals have remained stable. Published in the journal Eurosurveillance, the PHE study looked at data from 200 sexual health clinics in England.
Most new HIV cases concentrated in small number of counties, mostly in the South
"Sometimes looking at the map is an important reminder that this is an important public health issue in the south, Sullivan said. Jefferson County has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the state, according to the AIDSVu data. Closer to home, medical AIDS Outreach of Alabama used the map to improve medical care for HIV patients in rural Alabama, Sullivan said. AIDSVu includes a map of HIV diagnoses in Birmingham broken down by zip code. "The proportion of people diagnosed with HIV is probably a pretty good indication of the number of people with undiagnosed cases.
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